A large winter storm began to intensify just off the East Coast of the US on 08 February 2013 — and a sequence of 1-km resolution POES AVHRR 0.86 µm, MODIS 0.65 µm, and Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm Visible images (above) revealed... Read More

The Day/Night band on Suomi/NPP once again detected an extensive display of Aurora Borealis over northern Canada, as shown in the image toggle above. The Day/Night Band shows bright illumination over the northern halves of Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. At the same time, near-infrared imagery at 3.74 µm shows very cold air, strongly suggestive of... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed that the effect of strong winds in the wake of an unusually intense storm off the coast of Labrador could be seen in the motion of sea ice in the waters of the Canadian... Read More

From the Area Forecast Discussion issued by the National Weather Service forecast office in St. Louis, Missouri:AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 340 AM CST SUN FEB 3 2013 .SHORT TERM… ISSUED AT 330 AM CST SUN FEB 3 2013 (TODAY... Read More