10-minte Full Disk scan GOES-18 (GOES-West) Air Mass RGB images (above) showed a large cyclone as it deepened to a 936 hPa Hurricane Force Low while approaching the Aleutian Islands of Alaska on 02-03 January 2024 (surface analyses). The Sea Level Pressure dropped to at least 945.6 hPa at Dutch Harbor/Unalaska (METAR identifier PADU), which... Read More
Target Sector (2.5-minute interval) JMA Himawari-9 AHI Red Visible (0.64 µm) and Clean Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed the brief development of a ragged eye with Cyclone Jasper as the storm approached the coast of Far North Queensland, Australia — prior to it making landfall north of Cairns around 1200 UTC on 13... Read More
The direct broadcast antenna at the NWS forecast office on Guam processed important information to show details of Typhoon Bolaven as it passed through the Marianas Islands on 10 October. The toggle above compares VIIRS band M07 (0.865 ) and Rain Rate derived from ATMS imagery at 0338 UTC, when the typhoon was east of Guam. It passed between... Read More
Direct Broadcast antennae give timely full-resolution imagery from various Low-Earth-Orbit satellites as they move within the view of the satellite received. Community Satellite Processing Package (CSPP) software takes the downloaded signal and produces imagery (or AWIPS-ready files). The toggle above shows VIIRS (Visible-Infrared Imaging Scanning Radiometer) and ATMS (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder) data from... Read More
