Super Typhoon Francisco became the third Category 5 tropical cyclone of 2013 on 19 October 2013, as it intesified over the West Pacific Ocean northwest of Guam. 4-km resolution MTSAT-2 10.8 µm IR channel images (above; click image to play animation) showed the evolution and track of the eye of... Read More

Parts of Kansas received up to 5-6 inches of snowfall on 18 October 2013 (NWS Local Storm Reports). The following night, after the clouds associated with the storm system had moved eastward, the southwest-to-northeast oriented bands of snow... Read More