GOES-13 Visible (0.63 µm) images (above) revealed a series of gravity waves propagating southeastward across the Gulf of Mexico on 22 November 2016. These waves appeared to be moving through or along the tops of the marine boundary layer stratocumulus cloud field; since the hourly winds from surface/buoy/ship reports were  generally from... Read More

GOES-15 (GOES-West) Water Vapor (6.5 µm) images (above; also available as a 52 Mbyte animated GIF) showed the development of a Hurricane Force low in the North Pacific Ocean during the 15 November – 17 November 2016 period. Surface analysis charts for this storm, produced by the Ocean Prediction Center, are shown below.Although... Read More

Fires (as seen on 07 and 10 November) continued to burn in parts of the southeast US on 14 November 2016. A sequence of 3 consecutive true-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from Terra MODIS (1650 UTC), Aqua MODIS (1829 UTC) and Suomi NPP VIIRS (1913 UTC) viewed using RealEarth, above, showed the aerial extent of the... Read More

Photos taken by SSEC scientist Claire Pettersen at 1615 UTC (above) and 1623 UTC (below) revealed several examples of ice crystal cloud optics over Madison, Wisconsin on 14 November 2016.  More information on the various types of ice cloud halos can be found here and here.1650 UTC Terra MODIS Visible (0.65 µm),... Read More