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Rare Super Typhoon in the Pacific Ocean
If you pay attention to tropical cyclones, that headline may be confusing. Unlike the Super Cyclone in the Indian Ocean we just looked at, Super Typhoons are not rare in the Pacific Ocean. There have been 5 of them this … Continue reading
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Tagged day/night band, Haiyan, I-5, MTSAT, Philippines, resolution, RGB composite, tropical storm, Yolanda
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Rare Super Cyclone in the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean has just had its first Super Cyclone since 2007. The name of it is “Phailin” and I bet you just pronounced it incorrectly (unless you speak Thai). It’s closer to “PIE-leen” than it is to “FAY-lin”. The … Continue reading
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Tagged airglow, day/night band, I-5, India, IR window, Meteosat, Phailin, tropical storm, VIIRS
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A Year in a Week – VIIRS Captures Colorado Flooding
A year’s worth of precipitation fell on parts of Colorado in one week’s time (9 September to 17 September 2013). As Colorado State Climatologist Nolan Doesken said, “Whenever you get your annual precip in a few days time, you’re in … Continue reading
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Record Russian Rain Runoff Responsible for Rapid River Rise
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself with that title. Last time we looked at flooding in Russia, it was in the western parts – generally near Moscow and primarily along the Oka River – and caused by rapid melting of record … Continue reading
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Tagged China, day/night band, false color, fire, flood, I-1, I-2, I-3, M-3, M-4, M-5, Natural Color, RGB composite, Russia, Siberia, smoke, true color
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Abafado Bruma Seca
Hopefully, Google Translate didn’t steer me wrong on the meaning of “abafado”. “Bruma seca” is a term used by Portuguese and Spanish speakers that literally translates to “dry mist”. It is typically used to refer to thick haze or the … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic, Cape Verde, dust, M-3, M-4, M-5, RGB composite, Saharan Air Layer, true color
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Wild Week of Wildfires, Part III
The last two posts covered flooding. Now, a month later, we are back to covering last year’s most common topic: wildfires. This time, we’ll make a game out of it. Keep in mind that, for many operational fire weather forecasters, … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, fire, Fire Temperature RGB, M-10, M-11, M-12, M-13, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, Natural Fire Color RGB, RGB composite, true color
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Record Russian Spring Snowmelt
It seems that last year’s posts were all about fires. Fires in Colorado (multiple fires, in fact), the Canary Islands, Siberia, Australia – there was even that 40-year-old pit of burning natural gas that has been called the “Gates of … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, flood, I-1, I-2, I-3, ice and snow, RGB composite, Russia
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Land of Lincoln Underwater
The week beginning on 14 April 2013 was a big week for weather across the United States. There were 30 reports of tornadoes. (Make sure you click on each link, and look at the filtered reports.) And, when our home … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, flood, I-1, I-2, I-3, ice and snow, Illinois, michigan, resolution, RGB composite
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Drought in the Land of the Long, White Cloud
Science fiction fanatics know it as “Middle-earth“. Abel Tasman, the Dutch explorer who became the first European to sail there, called it “Staten Landt“, which was later changed to Nieuw Zeeland, Nova Zeelandia, and, finally, New Zealand. The native Maori … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, M-10, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, NDVI, New Zealand, RGB composite, true color, vegetation
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Chinese Super-Smog
No, not a Super-Smörg, super smog. Smog that is so thick, you can taste it. The smog in many parts of eastern China has been so bad this winter, it is literally “off-the-charts“. Based on our Environmental Protection Agency‘s not-very-intuitive … Continue reading
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Tagged China, day/night band, false color, ice and snow, M-10, M-11, M-12, M-14, M-15, M-16, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, RGB composite, smog, true color
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