Super Typhoon Bavi rapidly intensified to a Category 5 tropical cyclone east of Guam on 03 July 2026 (ADT | SATCON). Bavi was moving through an environment characterized by low values of deep-layer wind shear (above), as it was traversing progressively warmer water (Sea Surface Temperature | Ocean Heat Content).Himawari-9 Visible and Infrared images... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) GeoColor RGB images (above) showed the dense smoke plume associated with the Aspen Acres Fire in southeastern Colorado on 29 June 2026. As the smoke plume drifted northeast across the Pueblo Airport, it restricted the surface visibility to 2 miles at times.1-minute GOES-18 GeoColor RGB images with plots of... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Infrared Window images (above) included plots of SPC Storm Reports — which showed severe thunderstorms that grew into a Mesoscale Convective System which produced wind gusts as high as 131 mph, hail as large as 2.75 inches in diameter and a few tornadoes from northwestern Nebraska to... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) GeoColor RGB images with/without an overlay of Next Generation Fire System (NGFS) Fire Detection polygons (above) highlighted the rapid growth of the Snyder Fire as it merged with other wildfires in far western Colorado during the day on 27 June 2026. Firefighters working the Knowles and Gore fires in far... Read More
