GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images covering the 26-hour period from 1801 UTC on 03 June to 1956 UTC on 04 June 2020 (above) featured the merger of 2 Mesoscale Convective Systems over northwestern Missouri (beginning around 06 UTC). An animation of radar reflectivity is available here (credit: Pete Pokrandt, AOS). To... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images with time-matched plots of SPC Storm Reports (above) displayed a fast-moving derecho which moved southeastward across Pennsylvania and New Jersey on 03 June 2020. Winds gusted as high as 83 mph in Pennsylvania (at 1535 UTC)  and 93 mph in New Jersey (at 1719 UTC).A sequence of GOES-16 Visible images... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed thunderstorms developing across Interior Alaska and the Seward Peninsula on 01 June 2020. The high satellite viewing angle — 73.6 degrees at Fairbanks — helped to accentuate the rapid ascent/collapse of updrafts in developing thunderstorms.The corresponding GOES-17 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm)... Read More

SpaceX launched the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1922 UTC on 30 May 2020. 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Lower-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images (above) showed the thermal signature of hot combustion byproducts (water vapor and carbon dioxide) in the wake of... Read More