1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed the colder cloud tops (shades of green) associated with snow squalls that moved east-southeastward across parts of far southern Wyoming and northern/central Colorado late in the day on 08 February 2023. Plots of 15-minute METAR surface reports indicated how... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) Air Mass RGB images (above) included contours of RAP40 model PV 1.5 Pressure — and showed a Hurricane Force low pressure that had rapidly intensified as it moved northeastward off the US East Coast (surface analyses) on 06 February 2023. The PV 1.5 surface (which represents the dynamic tropopause) descended to the 500 hPa pressure level at... Read More
Numerous wildfires were burning near Concepción, Chile during the 02 February – 04 February 2023 period (media report) — GOES-16 (GOES-East) CIMSS Natural Color RGB images combined with the Fire Power derived product (above) showed the diurnal variation of fire thermal signatures along with the dense daytime smoke plumes. The maximum... Read More
At around 9 PM EST on 03 February 2023 (0200 UTC on 04 February) a 50-car train derailed in East Palestine in far eastern Ohio, with some of the rail cars carrying hazardous chemicals that caught fire (media report) — and GOES-16 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed the thermal... Read More
