1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Infrared and Visible images (above) showed persistent deep convection (with sporadic lightning activity) near the center of circulation of Tropical Depression 2 (TD2), which developed in the Bay of Campeche (just off the coast of Mexico) around 2100 UTC on 28 June 2025. Periodic convective bursts contained... Read More
The summer solstice occurred on June 20th this year (2025). The summer solstice is the day with the longest period of daylight and the shortest night of the year in a given hemisphere, and marks the beginning of astronomical summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, it typically falls on June 20... Read More
Grand Island, Nebraska received 6.41″ of rainfall during the calendar day on 25 June 2025 — which set a new record for the date and for any single day during the month of June. 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Infrared images centered at Grand Island (above) included an overlay of the... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images with an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density (FED) and contours of LightningCast Probability (above) showed two isolated thunderstorms which passed over the eastern portion of Lake Murray (located in central South Carolina, just northwest of Columbia KCAE) during the late afternoon hours on... Read More
