The “cutoff low” system that had been slowly moving across the country for the past week spawned heavy rains which caused flooding in parts of the New York City (NYC) metropolitan area on the morning of 08 May 2013. The... Read More

McIDAS images of 4-km resolution GOES-13 10.7 µm IR channel images (above; click image to play animation) showed the development of large thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall (including 5.18 inches at San Sebastian) which led to flash flooding over parts of Puerto Rico (Local Storm Report)... Read More

A comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel and 3.74 µm shortwave IR channel data (above) showed 2 signatures of an ongoing low-level eruption of the Cleveland Volcano located on the Aleutian Island chain of Alaska: a “hot spot” of 45.5º C (red color enhancement) on... Read More

A comparison of McIDAS images of 1-km resolution GOES-15 (GOES-West) and GOES-13 (GOES-East) 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the smoke plume from the Springs Fire near Camarillo, California on 02 May 2013. GOES-15 (positioned over the Equator at 135º West longitude) had a better viewing... Read More