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... 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
10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-18 (GOES-West) Infrared and Water Vapor images (above) showed the evolution of a mountain wave cloud south of the Brooks Range in northern Alaska on 01 March 2026. The coldest cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures were -61C (darker shades of red).A toggle between GOES-18 Water Vapor and Infrared... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Near-Infrared “Snow Ice” images along with Radar Reflectivity images (above) showed a band of clouds producing precipitation that was moving southward across the North Dakota/Minnesota border region on 27 February 2026. Moderate to heavy snow produced by this feature — along with blowing snow created by strong... Read More
