1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed supercell thunderstorms that developed within the warm sector of a midlatitude cyclone approaching from the Upper Midwest (surface analyses) — these thunderstorms produced a variety of severe weather (SPC Storm Reports | NWS Northern Indiana) across Indiana late in the day on 27 May 2019.Many of these storms... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed squall line thunderstorms which produced tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds (SPC Storm Reports) across Oklahoma on the evening of 25 May 2019. Of significance was the EF-3 tornado that affected El Reno, Oklahoma which was responsible for 2 fatalities (NWS Norman).The GOES-16 Infrared imagery... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the development of supercell thunderstorms that produced tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds (SPC Storm Reports) across parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri on 22 May 2019.GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (below) showed the storms as they persisted into the nighttime hours —... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) CIMSS Natural Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images with an overlay of the Smoke Detection Product (above) revealed curved filaments of wildfire smoke moving southeastward across the Northeast US and the adjacent offshore waters of the Atlantic Ocean on 22 May 2019. The smoke filaments were classified as Medium/High confidence by the... Read More
