The video embedded above shows GOES-13 Water Vapor imagery each hour for all of June. Water vapor imagery (6.5 µm) is handy for tracking features in the atmosphere, and various circulations are plain in the animation, including Tropical Storm Bill and Pacific Hurricanes Blanca and Carlos. The 10.7 µm... Read More
The 2015 Wildfire Season is off to a quick start in Alaska (continuing an observed trend). This map (from this site) shows more than 300 active fires over Alaska at 2000 UTC on 29 June 2015. This graph (from the Alaska Climate Info Facebook page) compares early burn acreage in 2015 to that in 2004... Read More
Advisories on Tropical Storm Bill were initiated when the system organized and intensified off the coast of Texas at 03 UTC on 16 June 2015 (GOES-13 IR image animation). Bill moved inland during the afternoon hours on 16 June, as can be seen in a comparison of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel and 11.45... Read More
An explosion occurred along a natural gas pipeline near Lindenau, Texas just after 01 UTC on 15 June 2015 (8:00 pm local time on 14 June). The thermal signature or “hot spot” of the resulting fire was detected on both GOES-15 (GOES-West) and GOES-13 (GOES-East) 3.9 µm shortwave IR imagery... Read More
