Mostly clear skies over the Great Lakes early in the morning on 16 June allowed the VIIRS instrument on Suomi-NPP an unobstructed view of the surface waters. Advanced Clear-Sky Processing for Oceans (ACSPO) Lake-surface temperatures, above, show the temperature distributions in the five lakes. The warmest region is western Lake... Read More
True-color imagery derived from GOES-16, above, shows a low-level cyclonic circulation associated with then Tropical Depression #2 to the east of Cape Hatteras over the western Tropical Atlantic. The satellite imagery suggests strong southwesterly shear: ongoing deep and vigorous convection is far removed to the east and northeast of the... Read More
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) winds from RCM1 (RADARSAT Constellation Mission 1) over the south Pacific Ocean, from this site, show a gradient in wind speeds between 165 W and 168 W. Are there other ways to view this type of wind change over the open ocean?GOES-17 Derived Motion wind vectors, below,... Read More
Moist air that moves from the mainland USA to over the north Atlantic will often induce fog formation over those cold shelf waters. This is a common occurrence (see this blog post, for a recent example) GOES-16 True-color imagery, above, from 1301-2101 UTC on 7 June 2021, shows the northeastward progress of... Read More
