Strong southwesterly winds (gusting as high as 39 knots or 45 mph) created areas of blowing dust that reduced visibility to near zero and caused 2 incidents of multiple-vehicle accidents (NWS Local Storm Reports) near Portia in northeastern Arkansas on 10 April 2016. GOES-13 (GOES-East) Visible (0.63 um) images (above) showed the faint hazy signature... Read More
A grass fire (now referred to as the “Anderson Creek fire”) was first reported in western Woods County, Oklahoma around 2245 UTC or 5:45 PM local time on 22 March 2016. “Hot spot” signatures (yellow to red to black pixels) on GOES-13 Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed that the fire... Read More
Day 1 of the 01-25 February 2016 test period of GOES-14 Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSO-R) revealed some interesting features across the state of Texas. During the morning hours, the northward “return flow” of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico could be seen in the form of widespread... Read More
The sequence of 5 daily Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images shown above are centered on Beijing in northeastern China — these images (viewed using RealEarth) showed the transition from the Beijing area being sunny and snow-covered on 26 November to enshrouded in dense smog on 30 November 2015.... Read More
