GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Near-Infrared “Cirrus” (1.37 µm), Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) displayed a pattern of transverse cloud banding over parts of the Upper Midwest on 28 February 2022. This type of transverse banding is often a signature of an enhanced potential of middle- to... Read More
A squall warning was issued for areas of southern Quebec and Ontario as well as New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine on Sunday, February 27, 2022. The eastward moving system was surrounded by a lower deck of organized stationary wave clouds as seen in this high-resolution GOES-16 Band 2... Read More
JMA Himawari-8 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) displayed the Fujwhara effect between Cyclone Vernon (which rapidly intensified and briefly developed a small eye) and Tropical Invest 93S, as they rotated (clockwise) around each other in the South Indian Ocean — west of Cocos Island, station identifier YPCC — during... Read More
A colder-than-normal February over the western Great Lakes (through the 27th, Duluth is 10o F below normal; Marquette is 5o F below normal; Green Day is 2o F below normal; Cleveland is 1o F below normal) has fostered a growth in ice cover over the Lakes (This figure, from here, for... Read More
