GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) and “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed a line of deep convection which moved northwestward across the Brazil / Bolivia border during 11-12 November 2021 — and in its wake, the circulation of a remnant Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) was seen moving south-southeastward across Brazil, back toward the... Read More
Clear skies in the early morning of 10 November 2021 allowed mapping of lake surface temperatures (LSTs) over the Great Lakes using the Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Oceans (ACSPO) algorithm with VIIRS data acquired at the direct broadcast site at CIMSS. Surface values over Lake Superior, for example, were in... Read More
A vigorous extra-tropical cyclone moving towards the western Great Lakes on 11 November 2021 generated significant winds and waves over Lake Superior. RADARSAT winds, above, from RCM1, (available at this website) show a large area of southeasterly winds between 30 and 40 knots at 1159 UTC on 11 November. Regions of... Read More
