1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Nighttime Microphysics RGB + daytime True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) showed the formation of a long power plant plume (nighttime shades of red) embedded within a supercooled water droplet cloud layer (nighttime shades of yellow) that grew in length and width as... Read More
The Storm Prediction Center issued Extreme Fire Weather Outlooks (1200 UTC | 1700 UTC) that covered much of the central and southern Plains on 17 February 2026. A large-scale view of 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images (above) included plots of Fire Mask pixels — which depicted the development of numerous wildfires, most notably along... Read More
The NASA/SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to the International Space Station was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1015 UTC on 13 February 2026 — and overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors from GOES-19 (GOES-East) provided 30-second images from all 16 ABI spectral bands (above). Since this was a nighttime launch, varying shades of white... Read More
VIIRS Infrared images from Suomi-NPP and NOAA-21 (above) showed widespread ice leads (brighter shades of cyan) in the Beaufort Sea during the 3-day period from 10-12 February 2026 — with a notable increase in ice leads across the eastern Beaufort Sea.Surface wind stress was the primary influence affecting the motion... Read More
