A mesoscale vortex developed in northern Lake Michigan early in the day on 19 July 2012; AWIPS images of 1-km resolution GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed that the mesovortex then propagated southward across the western... Read More
McIDAS images of 1-km resolution GOES-15 0.63 µm visible channel data (above) showed a large area of low pressure in the eastern Gulf of Alaska which was helping to draw a large amount of wildfire smoke southward on 19 July 2012. The hazy smoke aloft originated from wildfires in Alaska... Read More
The New Moon on 18 July means that no visible light reflected from the Moon can illuminate clouds, and the day/night band on the Suomi-NPP satellite can therefore view any clouds only with difficulty. However, it still views city lights, and illuminated roads, or gas field flares, among other things.... Read More
