Hat-tip to Matt Sitkowski and Carl Parker of The Weather Channel for the heads-up on some interesting wave features that could be seen in the vicinity of Guadalupe Island on McIDAS images of GOES-15 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) on... Read More
A strong late-winter cyclone brought significant snows and blizzard conditions to the upper Great Lakes/northern Plains on 21 February 2014 (NWS storm summaries: MPX | DLH | ARX).... Read More
A GOES-13 (GOES-East) North/South Station Keeping maneuver was performed on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, beginning 1145 UTC, and ending at 1945 UTC (Link). During this time, the navigation of the satellite degraded mostly in the north-south direction. At 1945 UTC, after the maneuver ended, the navigation snapped back to normal.... Read More
United Airlines flight 1676 enroute from Denver, Colorado KDEN to Billings, Montana KBIL (flight track) encountered severe turbulence at an altitude of 34,000 feet over Wyoming on 17 February 2014. Three crew members and two passengers were injured,... Read More
