5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) included an overlay of the Fire Mask derived product (a component of the GOES Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm FDCA), which depicted the areal coverage and diurnal behavior of thermal signatures associated with widespread prescribed burning in the Flint Hills of eastern... Read More

5-minute GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible, Near-Infrared “Cirrus”, Mid-level Water Vapor and Clean Infrared Window images (above) displayed a set of curved contrails that formed south-southeast of Dallas/Fort Worth — created by 2 passenger aircraft in holding patterns, before eventually landing at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (KIAH) — which then drifted... Read More

Kilauea on the big island of Hawaii is renowned for its new-continuous eruptions. However, the output of the volcano isn’t consistent, with some periods featuring slower lava flows with other times having pronounced, notable lava fountains. On 10 March 2026, the lava fountains were particularly intense. Local media reported fountain... Read More

While Chicago O’Hare recently retook the crown of the country’s busiest airport in terms of number of flights, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) continues to have the largest number of passengers. A great number of those ATL passengers were significantly inconvenienced on the evening of 6 March 2026 as a... Read More