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Fog and Low Clouds in Eastern Colorado as seen with GeoColor and Day Night Band NPP VIIRS imagery on 20 Dec 2013

The Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB), which can use moonlight to produce visible-light imagery during the nighttime, offers a unique capability that is slated to continue on the JPSS constellation concurrent to the GOES-R era.  This presents intriguing potential … Continue reading

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Widespread Fog East of the Rockies – 3 Dec 2013

Widespread fog and low clouds covered much of the nation east of the Rockies 0n the morning of 3 Dec in the moist airmass ahead of the developing western storm and strong cold front that has since pushed south.  Dense … Continue reading

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Low cloud/fog example from Boulder WFO case from AWIPS on 9 December 2010

GeoColor and Low cloud/Fog GOES-R Proving Ground imagery from CIRA has been available at the Boulder WFO for several years.  After feedback from the forecasters, recently GeoColor imagery without the city lights was added.  This example shows both types of … Continue reading

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Low cloud/fog early detection over Lake Erie on 16 March 2011 from WFO BUF

Sent to the BUF SOO by forecaster Kirk Apffel The new CIRA stratus/fog IR satellite worked well late afternoon/evening.  It clearly showed low stratus and fog developing on Lake Erie, which was hardly visible on other products. It was useful … Continue reading

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