The animation above shows Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Ocean (ACSPO) sea-surface temperatures at three different times on 16 June: 1811 UTC (using data from Suomi NPP), 1903 UTC (using data from NOAA-20) and 1955 UTC (using data, again from Suomi NPP). (Orbit paths for the satellites can be viewed here). Note that the... Read More
GOES-16 Split Window difference (SWD) fields, above, and Meteosat Dust RGB imagery (both from 1500 UTC on 15 June 2020, and available at this site) suggest that a Saharan Air Layer (SAL) event is developing in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. (Click here to see an animation of the Split Window Difference; AWIPS note: the... Read More
Showers developed over southern Wisconsin late in the day on 12 June 2020. What satellite products could be used to anticipate where the showers would develop? The animation of visible and radar, above, shows that the storms initiated near a boundary (mostly stationary) that separated Lake Michigan-influenced air with less... Read More
https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/06/GOES-16_17Stereo_Band2_20200608_2140_to_20200609_0230anim.mp4 GOES-16 (left) and GOES-17 (right) Band 2 (0.64 µm) Visible imagery, 2140 UTC on 8 June 2020 through 0130 UTC 9 June 2020 Strong convection developed over Nebraska late in the afternoon of June 8th (SPC Storm reports are here). Mesoscale domains from both GOES-16 and GOES-17 viewed this developing convection,... Read More
