5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) Nighttime Microphysics RGB + daytime True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) revealed a curious cloud arc located southeast of the Big Island of Hawai`i (near 150 W longitude) on 30 May 2026. The fact that the typical westward transport of marine boundary layer stratocumulus... Read More
A CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible image with overlays of 1-minute GLM Flash Extent Density and GLM Flash Points (above) showed the signature of a high-altitude bolide that was entering the Earth’s mesosphere over far eastern Massachusetts at 1807 UTC on 30 May 2026. This bolide created a sonic boom that was heard... Read More
During “static fire” pre-launch testing of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida just after sunset on 28 May 2026, a malfunction caused a significant explosion (which occurred around 0100 UTC on 29 May). The cloud that resulted from this explosion exhibited a distinct... Read More
CIMSS research scientist Rich Dworak sent along a sequence of NOAA-20 VIIRS Day/Night Band images (above) that included satellite-derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors — which depicted an anomalously deep polar low just north of Greenland during the 25-26 May 2026 period.Another feature of interest seen in the Day/Night Band imagery was the breakup... Read More
