10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-18 (GOES-West) Mid-level Water Vapor images (above) showed the remnants of Typhoon Halong as it entered the Bering Sea late in the day on 11 October and eventually moved inland across far western and northwestern Alaska later in the day on 12 October 2025 (crossing the Seward... Read More
Due to a lack of radar coverage over American Samoa, WSO Pago Pago requested a 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector over the islands to monitor convective development and the potential for flash flooding. GOES-18 (GOES-West) Clean Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed rain showers that developed in the general vicinity of the American Samoa island... Read More
An explosion followed by a large fire occurred at the Chevron El Segundo refinery near Los Angeles (media story) around 0430 UTC on 03 October 2025 (9:30 PM PDT on 02 October). A thermal signature of the fire was evident in 5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) Near-Infrared and Shortwave Infrared images... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible and Infrared images (above) showed Hurricane Imelda as it intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 2 storm (at 1800 UTC) while approaching Bermuda on 01 October 2025. GLM Flash Points revealed very little satellite-detected lightning activity within the eyewall of Imelda.About an hour prior... Read More
