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

LightningCast (available here) is a CIMSS-developed product (created at the request of OPC and WPC) designed to relate current ABI fields (Band 2 (0.64 µm), 5 (1.61 µm), 13 (10.3 µm) and 15 (12.3 µm)) to the likelihood of future lightning. (A short training video on this product is available... Read More