1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) widespread showed thunderstorms that produced tornadoes (resulting in a number of fatalities), large hail (up to 3.5 inches in diameter in Oklahoma) and damaging winds as high as 78 mph in Kansas (SPC Storm Reports) across the southern and central Plains during the daytime hours... Read More

Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 encountered severe turbulence over Myanmar (flightradar24 blog) while en route from London to Singapore on 20-21 May 2024 — which resulted in dozens of injuries and 1 fatality. 10-minute interval JMA Himawari-9 AHI Visible and Infrared images (above) showed areas of deep convection developing over Myanmar, near the estimated location of... Read More

While much of Kansas was under a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” Severe Thunderstorm Watch, 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB images (above) showed thunderstorms that produced tornadoes, large hail (to 3.00 inches in diameter) and damaging winds (gusts of 90-100 mph) (SPC Storm Reports) across parts of Kansas on 19 May 2024. Some flash flooding was also reported, with water covering portions of... Read More

Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided 30-second interval GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) — which showed thunderstorms that produced two EF1-rated tornadoes as well as damaging winds (resulting in some fatalities) across the Houston area (SPC Storm Reports) on 16 May 2024. Widespread structural damage occurred in downtown Houston — and there were also... Read More