5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images (above) included plots of surface wind barbs — which showed a general easterly to southeasterly flow in the vicinity of Lake Erie, as high pressure was moving east of the Great Lakes (surface analyses) on 02 March 2026. A number of new ice leads opened... Read More
An intriguing fog event took place over Lake Superior on Sunday, 15 February. On a day that was otherwise clear and unseasonably warm, fog crept westward as though it was trying to cover the entire lake. The following animation shows the entire day of GOES-19 true color imagery as viewed... Read More
VIIRS Infrared images from Suomi-NPP and NOAA-21 (above) showed widespread ice leads (brighter shades of cyan) in the Beaufort Sea during the 3-day period from 10-12 February 2026 — with a notable increase in ice leads across the eastern Beaufort Sea.Surface wind stress was the primary influence affecting the motion... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (below) showed ice that had formed in far southern Lake Michigan (within the nearshore waters of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana) on 20 January 2026.1-minute GOES-19 Visible images with plots of surface winds and surface air temperatures (below) depicted... Read More
