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Stories by Tim Wagner

Welcome to Space, Artemis II!

For the first time since the early 1970s, humans are on their way to the moon. A partly cloudy sky over Cape Canaveral and Florida’s Space Coast provided a perfect backdrop for GOES-19 mesoscale imagery. Watch the True Color RGB imagery as the most powerful rocket that NASA has ever... Read More

Strong Storms Form Near the Samoan Islands

During the day of 27 March 2026, a band of strong strorms propagated from north of the Samoan islands southward to the island themselves. These storm were notable for deep convection and strong environmental instability and were the cause of flood warnings across American Samoa. A good first look at... Read More

Ongoing Kona Low Brings Significant Flooding to Hawaii

A persistent Kona low coupled with strong water vapor transport from an atmospheric river has brought devastating floods to the state of Hawaii in late March 2026. Rain totals over the past ten days have exceeded 40 inches in some locations, prompting evacuation orders for thousands. Over two hundred people... Read More