GOES-17 (GOES-West) Low-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images (above) revealed orographically-trapped waves propagating westward against the ambient flow over the Haida Strait (between Haida Gwaii and British Columbia) in the wake of a cold frontal passage (surface analyses) on 22 April 2019. The waves initially formed downwind of the 2000-3000... Read More

Comparison of a Landsat-8 False Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) image with the corresponding GOES-16 ABI Flood Detection product as viewed using RealEarth (above) showed the extent of flooding along the Red River of the North (which forms the border of North Dakota and Minnesota, and flows northward into Manitoba) on 22 April 2019. The Red... Read More