A dangerous, record heat wave continues for the Desert Southwest and the Central Valley of California through Saturday, and the Pacific Northwest through Tuesday. Coastal flooding is expected through tonight at high tide along the Eastern Seaboard from Erin, while the high rip current risk and dangerous surf continue through the weekend. Flash flooding possible today in Georgia and South Carolina. Read More >
| Abbreviation | Label | Enhancement Descriptions: |
|---|---|---|
| AVN | AVN | Aviation color enhancement |
| BD | Dvorak | Dvorak enhancement - used for Tropical Classifications with the Dvorak Technique |
| FT | Funktop | Funktop enhancement - developed by Ted Funk to highlight intense areas of precipitation |
| JSL | JSL | JSL2 enhancement - developed by Jim Lynch to bring out low level and high level clouds in tropical cyclones |
| IR2 | Shortwave (IR2) | Channel 2 Shortwave Infrared imagery - Shortwave, sometimes considered "night visible" |
| IR2F | Fire (IR2) | Infrared Channel 2 with the standard fire enhancement to show hot spot activity |
| IR2H | Fire Hot | Infrared Channel 2 with enhancemnet for the hot summer season |
| IR2W | Fire Winter | Infrared Channel 2 with enhancement for the cool winter season |
| IR4 | None | Unenhanced Channel 4 Infrared Imagery |
| RB | Rainbow | Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement for a vivid data image. |
| RBTOP | Rainbow | New variation on the Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement |
| RGB | RGB | Combination of Visible and Infrared using a three channel technique to form a Red/Green/Blue false color image. |
| VIS | Visible | Unenhanced Visible imagery that usually transitions to Infrared Channel 2 overnight |
| WV | Water Vapor | Infrared Channel 3 |
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