As the Artemis II mission (which launched on 01 April) was coming to its successful end late in the day on 10 April 2026, the Orion crew module “Integrity” approached the designated landing site off the coast of San Diego, California. The Orion module generated immense heat (up to 5000°F or... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images that included overlays of GLM Flash Points and the Fire Mask derived product (above) showed a cluster of thunderstorms that was moving eastward across the Texas Panhandle late in the day on 09 April 2026. Frequent lightning activity associated with this convection ignited... Read More
10-minute Full Disk scan JMA Himawari-9 AHI Infrared images (above) showed Cyclone Maila as it rapidly intensified to a 125-kt Category 4 storm (ADT | SATCON) just southwest of the Solomon Islands on 07 April 2026. Maila became the most intense tropical cyclone on record that far north in the... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) included an overlay of the Fire Mask derived product (a component of the GOES Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm FDCA), which depicted the areal coverage and diurnal behavior of thermal signatures associated with widespread prescribed burning in the Flint Hills of eastern... Read More
