Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided 30-second imagery from GOES-19 (GOES-East) to support the launch of Artemis II — and Rocket Plume RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) displayed both the initial hot thermal signature of the NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage rocket booster near the Kennedy Space Center launch site (brighter red pixels: 2235 UTC) in... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible, Water Vapor and Infrared images (above) showed the development of vertically-propagating standing wave clouds over far northeastern South Dakota on 28 March 2026 — initiated by strong SW winds interacting with the topography of the Coteau des Prairies.The coldest cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures of the standing wave cloud... Read More
2.5-minute Target Sector JMA Himawari-9 AHI Infrared images (above) showed Cyclone Narelle after it had rapidly intensified to a 115 kt Category 4 storm (JTWC discussion | ADT | SATCON) off the coast of Western Australia on 26 March 2026. As Narelle moved southwestward toward the Exmouth Peninsula, it weakened slightly... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Microphysics RGB images with an overlay of Next Generation Fire System (NGFS) Fire Detection polygons (above) showed the thermal signature of a fire that resulted from an explosion at the Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas late in the day on 23 March 2026. The initial NGFS thermal signature... Read More
