1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed thunderstorms that produced hail as large as 1.75 inch in South Dakota along with wind gusts as high as 75 mph in Wyoming and Nebraska, and 74 mph in South Dakota (SPC Storm Reports | KUNR Local Storm Reports) on 10 June 2024. The... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed areas of bright sun glint off the open (ice-free) water in the Chukchi Sea — just off the coast of Alaska, from the Bering Strait to near Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow) — around 1 AM local time on 08 June 2024.... Read More
30-second Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) images from all 16 of the ABI spectral bands along with a Rocket Plume RGB (above) displayed signatures of a Boeing Starliner’s Atlas V rocket booster that was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1552 UTC (11:52 AM EST) on 05 June 2024. The... Read More
5-minute PACUS Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed the thermal anomaly (heat signature) following the onset of an eruption of Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawai`i — which began around 1030 UTC on 03 June 2024. The peak 3.9 µm brightness temperature sensed at the eruption site was... Read More
