VISIT: Meteorological Interpretation Blog

Above average temperatures have been persisting over a great portion of the United States, bringing drought-like conditions. One of the areas that have been experiencing the lack in precipitation is the Nantahala National Forest located in Western North Carolina. In Figure 1, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows the severity of the drought, highlighting areas of Continue Reading

In this blog entry, we look at imagery from the AHI instrument on Himawari-8 with  anticipation for GOES-R over the USA as the ABI instrument is very similar to AHI. We start with the 0.64 micron (visible) band during the daytime hours of 11 November: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/11nov16_b03 North of Japan, we observe a circulation (as depicted Continue Reading