CIMSS Scientists have adjusted the presentation of individual thermodynamic variables produced from HEAP (NUCAPS) profiles for NOAA-20 overpasses that are available here in near-real time (at that website, chose j01 (that is, NOAA-20), crisfsr, and then images); HEAP software that supports NOAA-21 data is not yet available. Previously (above) values... Read More

NOAA-20’s early morning orbit and clear skies allowed a distinct view of Sea Surface Temperatures over the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast on 29 March 2024, as shown above (The data, derived from the CIMSS Direct Broadcast Antenna) are available via an LDM feed from CIMSS). The Loop Current in the... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Day Snow-Fog RGB and Dust RGB images (above) dispayed signatures of convective snow showers (shades of white in Day Snow-Fog RGB imagery) and blowing dust (brighter shades of pink in Dust RGB imagery) that created an unusual combination of blowing snow (BLSN) and blowing dust (BLDU) at Grand Forks, North Dakota... Read More

The addition of a 2nd satellite (MetopC) producing NUCAPS profiles means that places such as Guam have twice as much Satellite information over the otherwise data-sparse western Pacific Ocean. The three-panel above shows the 1200 UTC sounding at Guam (on the left) with a nearly coincident 1208 UTC NUCAPS profile... Read More