At the CIMSS Satellite Blog, we occasionally get emails from our readers. Yesterday’s (6 February 2024) email included this one: I was doing some forecasting for the Canadian Arctic today and noticed a veryimpressive blowing snow signature on satellite; not that blowing snow isuncommon up there, but rather that the... Read More
A cold snap in mid-January 2024 (Click here to see a High/Low temperature chart for Aurora Illinois from this site) led to rapid ice formation on the Kankakee River southwest of Chicago, and an ice jam with ice jam flooding subsequently developed. The map above shows different flood gauge records along... Read More
A toggle between NOAA-20 VIIRS Day/Night Band and Infrared Window images valid at 0827 UTC (2:27 AM local time) on 22 January 2024 (above) showed an opening of the Kivalliq Polynya along the northwest coast of Hudson Bay — which was the result of a period of strong offshore winds (Arviat Airport CYEK observations),... Read More
A selection of several GOES ABI loops during 2022 showcased the diverse range of features observed, which included volcanic ash plumes, hurricanes, convection, fog, smoke, fires, dust and ice. It’s very hard to choose just one event from every month of the year, but the goal here is to show a variety of phenomena and locations that NOAA‘s GOES... Read More
