1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible and Infrared images (above) with time-matched plots of SPC Storm Reports showed thunderstorms produced several tornadoes and numerous reports of hail — most notably, as large as 6.00″ in diameter at 2330 UTC. If verified, that would be the largest hailstone on record for the state of Illinois... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible and Infrared images (above) showed a supercell thunderstorm that developed in northern Indiana and tracked northeast across far southern Lower Michigan on 06 March 2026. This thunderstorm formed in the vicinity of a warm front (surface analyses) that was moving northward across the region — surface plots indicated... Read More
A total lunar eclipse occurred on 03 March 2026, with totality beginning at 1104 UTC and ending at 1202 UTC (source). A sequence of VIIRS Day/Night Band images (acquired by the VIIRS Direct Broadcast ground station at SSEC/CIMSS) viewed using RealEarth (above) showed how the land surface and clouds were brightly illuminated... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images (above) included plots of surface wind barbs — which showed a general easterly to southeasterly flow in the vicinity of Lake Erie, as high pressure was moving east of the Great Lakes (surface analyses) on 02 March 2026. A number of new ice leads opened... Read More
