An area of low pressure rapidly intensified off the US East Coast during the 04 March – 05 March 2016 period (surface analyses). GOES-13 (GOES-East) Water Vapor (6.5 µm) images (above; also available as a large 57 Mbyte animated gif) showed classic signatures of the various stages of strong mid-latitude cyclone development — most notably... Read More

GOES-13 (GOES-East ) Visible (0.63 µm) images centered over Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and central New York state (below) showed a variety of aircraft “hole punch” and “dissipation trails” over the eastern Great Lakes on 03 March 2016.These cloud features were caused by aircraft that were either ascending or descending... Read More