JMA Himawari-9 Ash RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) showed a major eruption of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia, which began around 1620 UTC on 04 September 2026. A lower-altitude ash cloud (depicted by shades of magenta) remained closer to the volcano — while a higher-altitude SO2 cloud (shades of yellow-green) moved... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) Visible images (above) revealed mesovortices within the eye of Hurricane Lowell as it reached Category 5 intensity over the Central Pacific by 2100 UTC on 02 September 2026. Plots of 1-minute GOES-18 GLM Flash Points highlighted the intermittent lighting activity within the surrounding eyewall.A larger-scale view... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible and Infrared Window images (above) showed Tropical Storm Edouard as it made landfall in far southwestern Louisiana at 1920 UTC on 01 September 2026. Plots of 1-minute GOES-19 GLM Flash Points highlighted the intermittent lightning activity associated with Edouard. Pulses of overshooting tops exhibited infrared brightness temperatures in... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) images (above) showed signatures of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket booster following the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launch from Kennedy Space Center at 1126 UTC on 30 August 2026.1 minute after launch, at 1127 UTC, a multi-panel display of imagery from all 16 ABI spectral bands on... Read More
