GOES-19 today is positioned at 89.5oW, the test position, but is presently scheduled to drift east to the GOES-East location at 75.2oW. When on station in early April, it will become the operational GOES-East satellite. CIMSS scientists have been modifying CSPPGeo software to produce products, such as LightningCast probability (available online here,... Read More

Sometimes, CIMSS Blog writers get emailed letter, like the one below (anonymized) forwarded along to CIMSS with a requestA long-dormant idea has resurrected itself in my mind, which is to look into the “biomass and carbon impact” (e.g. biomass and carbon knocked down) from some MCS and derecho type events.... Read More

Very cold air over the Great Lakes on 17 February helped lead to the development of one long Lake-Effect Snow (LES) band that stretched from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan east-southeastward to Lake Huron then over the Bruce Peninsula and into eastern Lake Ontario and on to the Tug Hill... Read More

GOES-18 infrared imagery, above, shows a cyclonic circulation over the northeastern Gulf of Alaska. Shower development is suggested by the evolution of brightness temperatures changing from cyan to blue to green (showing cooling); showers then dissipate as the brightness temperatures warm. Do you think these are showers of rain or... Read More