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Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern New England; Fire Weather Concerns in the West

Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms may continue to bring flash and urban flooding to the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England through tonight. Isolated dry thunderstorms will continue to bring a fire weather threat to the northwestern Great Basin through Friday. Read More >

This visible satellite image on the morning of 13 Jul 2001 shows a number of interesting weather features. One of the more notable features is the shadow cast by the high clouds over the Washington coast onto the lower stratus clouds over the ocean. This image was taken at 5:15 am (10 minutes after sunrise in Spokane), when the sun was to the right of the image.

Also apparent in this image is the fog in the Silver Valley of north Idaho, wild fire smoke along the east slopes of the Washington Cascades, and morning thunderstorms.

Visible Satellite Image