1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible and Infrared images (above) included time-matched (+/- 3 minutes) SPC Storm Reports — which showed discrete supercell thunderstorms that produced giant hail (as large as 4.00 inches in diameter in southwest Kansas at 2215 UTC and 2343 UTC, and 3.50 inches in diameter in the northeast Texas Panhandle... Read More
A total lunar eclipse occurred on 07 September 2025 (Space.com) — and as the Moon moved between GOES-18 (GOES-West), GOES-19 (GOES-East) and the Sun, SUVI imagery was totally obscured. The period that the Moon totally blocked the Sun was from 0840-0928 UTC with GOES-18 (above), and from 0434-0522 UTC with... Read More
Lightning caused a 1-hour delay in the Eagles vs Cowboys football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia (NFL.com) during the evening hours on 04 September 2025 (as a pre-frontal squall line was approaching the area) — the delay lasted from 10:25 pm ET (0225 UTC on 05 September) to 11:30... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) Visible and Infrared images (above) showed the westward motion of of Hurricane Kiko during an 8.5-hour period as the tropical cyclone was rapidly intensifying (SATCON) from a Category 2 storm at 1500 UTC on 03 September 2025 to a Category 3 storm at 1800 UTC and... Read More
