Tornado outbreak in Texas and Oklahoma
The first tornado-related fatalities of the 2009 severe weather season occurred during a tornado outbreak that affected parts of Texas and Oklahoma (SPC storm reports) on 10 February – Read More
The first tornado-related fatalities of the 2009 severe weather season occurred during a tornado outbreak that affected parts of Texas and Oklahoma (SPC storm reports) on 10 February – Read More
GOES-12 visible (daytime) and 3.9 µm shortwave IR (night-time) images (above) showed a distinct swirl of clouds drifting northward across the Gulf of Mexico on 13 November – 14 November 2008. This cloud... Read More
GOES-13 visible imagery (above) revealed the rather large eye of Hurricane Norbert on 08 October 2008 — Norbert was a Category 4 storm at that time, and the eye appeared to be about 30-35 nautical... Read More
An image of the GOES-12 10.7 µm IR channel (with an overlay of QuikSCAT WindSat wind vectors) from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) revealed that wind speeds were near 50 knots within a curved band of deep convection located just to the east... Read More