A EUMETSAT Meteosat-10 False Color RGB product from the NOAA/CIMSS Volcanic Cloud Monitoring site (above) showed the signature of a large volcanic cloud following the explosive eruption of Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia, which began around 0830 UTC on 23 November 2025. Since this RGB product uses the 8.7 µm spectral band (which is sensitive to SO2 absorption)... Read More
The residents of American Samoa found themselves in the early morning hours of 20 November 2025, as strong maritime convection moved into the region. There is no radar in the area, so satellite observations are critical for operational awareness and nowcasting. The Band 13 infrared view on GOES-18 showed a... Read More
10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-19 (GOES-East) daytime True Color RGB + nighttime Dust RGB images — created using Geo2Grid (above) showed the offshore transport of significant amounts of blowing dust from the Patagonia region of southern Argentina on 17-18 November 2025.A slightly longer period of GOES-19 Dust RGB images (below) displayed the... Read More
10-minute Full Disk scan JMA Himawari-8 Visible, Shortwave Infrared and Infrared Window images (above) showed 2 pulses of pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) clouds that were spawned by a large bushfire in Western Australia on 17 November 2025. The pyroCb cloud pulses exhibited a cloud-top 10.4 µm infrared brightness temperature (IRBT) of -40ºC... Read More
