A comparison of GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed the development of thunderstorms well ahead of a cold front (surface analyses) that was moving northward across central Argentina on 10 December 2018. A Mesoscale Domain Sector had been positioned over that region in support of the RELAMPAGO-CACTI... Read More
A large storm produced significant winter weather impacts from the southern Plains to the Mid-Atlantic states during the 07 December – 10 December 2018 period. GOES-16 (GOES-East) Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images (above) showed the progression of the storm during that 3-day interval.As much as 10-11 inches of snow fell in the Lubbock,... Read More
?Cool vortex in the stratus/fog between Burns Junction and Jordan Valley, Oregon this afternoon. Another one was also visible in a higher cloud deck near the Owyhee Mountains #orwx #idwx pic.twitter.com/sL0GfqBUdp — NWS Boise (@NWSBoise) December 8, 2018 * GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *As noted by NWS Boise,... Read More
A sequence of nighttime MODIS and VIIRS “Fog/stratus” infrared Brightness Temperature Difference (BTD) images (above) revealed long plumes (darker shades of red) streaming southwestward for over 200 miles from their industrial point sources in the Mesabi Range of northeastern Minnesota on 03 December 2018.During the subsequent daytime hours, a comparison of GOES-16 (GOES-East)... Read More
