1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images with time-matched (+/- 3 minutes) plots of SPC Storm Reports (above) showed thunderstorms that produced several tornadoes, hail as large as 5.00 inches in diameter, and damaging winds to 82 mph across parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida on 14 June 2023. Pulses of overshooting tops exhibited infrared brightness temperatures... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images with time-matched (+/- 3 minutes) plots of SPC Storm Reports (above) showed thunderstorms that produced hail as large as 4.50 inches in diameter, damaging winds to 71 mph and a tornado across parts of New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma from the late afternoon into the subsequent... Read More

Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea began a period of rapid intensification late in the day on 09 June 2023, reaching Category 3 intensity by 12 UTC on 10 June (SATCON) — EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 Visible (0.64 µm) and Infrared Window (10.8 µm) images (above) showed Biparjoy during the 0100-1330 UTC... Read More

GOES-18 (GOES-West) SO2 RGB, Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and Fire Power derived product images (above) showed the SO2 plume and thermal signature of an eruption of Kilauea that began at 4:44 AM HST or 1444 UTC on 07 June 2023. As of 1451 UTC (only 7 minutes after the onset of the... Read More