Much of the time when we look at weather satellites, we’re using them to look at clouds: where are they, how fast are they moving, are they growing or dissipating, things like that. Right now, however, the dominant story across much of the continental United States is a persistent heat... Read More
Earlier this week, we discussed the rapid development of Super Typhoon Bavi, a major tropical cyclone in the western Pacific Ocean. It delivered a strong hit to the island of Rota, part of the American territory known as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. You can read more about Rota’s devastation and see photos... Read More
10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-18 (GOES-West) images (above) showed notable signatures of the strong reflection of solar radiation off either open water or mixed water/ice across the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea north of Alaska on 08 July 2026. Cursor samples near the center of strong reflection at 0900 UTC... Read More
