A major winter storm impacted much of the central Plains and the Upper Midwest regions of the US on 19 December – 20 December 2012. This storm rapidly intensified as it moved northeastward from the Texas/Oklahoma... Read More
A large and intense area of low pressure was located in the Gulf of Alaska on 18 December 2012 (above), which was forecast to produce areas of hurricane-force winds west and southwest of the storm center.A comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 µm Day/Night Band images (below)... Read More
A striking display of the aurora borealis was seen on AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 µm Day/Night Band data across Alaska (above) and across northern Canada (below) during the night-time (pre-dawn) hours on 17 December 2012. The corresponding VIIRS 11.45 µm IR channel images are also shown, to... Read More
An animation of 4-km resolution MTSAT-1R 10.8 µm IR images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) showed Category 4 Cyclone Evan passing just to the northwest of the Fiji island of Vanue Levu on 16 December 2012.A closer view using a McIDAS image of... Read More
