Contributors: Scott Bachmeier, Mat Gunshor, Rick Kohrs, Margaret Mooney, Jim Nelson, Tim Schmit, and Eric Verbeten.A similar loop as above, but with a special enhancement (contrast stretch) is in this CIMSS Satellite Blog post (which also includes a comparison of the 2017 and 2024 eclipse events).The eclipse starts in the GOES-West footprint, as shown... Read More
For a solar eclipse to occur, the moon must be in between the Earth and the Sun. This occurs when the Moon is new — that is, when the side of the moon facing the Earth receives no solar illumination. The Day Night Band on Suomi-NPP, or NOAA-21, or NOAA-20... Read More
A series of Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) images (ascending passes) from Metop-B, above, show a large region of gale force winds surrounding the Hawai’ian Islands between 3 April and 5 April 2024. The entire island chain is under Wind Advisories or Gale Warnings; additionally, High Surf Advisories are in effect on... Read More
Metop-C and NOAA-20 are now both supplying NUCAPS profiles to National Weather Service AWIPS machines. Both the vertical profiles and gridded fields are available. The toggle above shows all the MetopC overpasses early on 4 April, and it includes horizontal maps of 850-mb Temperatures derived from the Metop-C NUCAPS profiles. Large swaths of satellite-derived fields are available... Read More
