GOES-16 (GOES-East) CIMSS Natural Color RGB images along with the Aerosol Optical Depth derived product (above) showed a cold front that was acting to focus a hazy band of aerosols — likely smoke — across the Upper Midwest on 06 June 2021. AOD values in the vicinity of the cold front were as high as 2.0 (darker... Read More

The lake breeze prevails! Visible on radar, a strong lake breeze off Lake Superior has given some quick heat relief to our coastal regions. Areas in Superior and Park Point have dropped into the upper 50s up on the hill we have fallen into the mid 70s. #mnwx #wiwx... Read More

This past CIMSS Blog Post showed a region of very strong bowing winds diagnosed by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and associated with a convective complex over Lake Superior before sunset on 25 May 2021.   On 3 June 2021, shortly after sunrise (SAR overpasses over the Great Lakes typically occur around 0000 and 1200... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed an interesting contrast in the character of Above-Anvil Cirrus Plumes (reference | VISIT training) over central Texas just before sunset on 02 June 2021. The northernmost AACP was generated by a single brief overshooting top (during the 0031-0041 UTC time period), but produced the most robust... Read More