The infrared imagery from Friday morning, 27 August, shows three separate tropical systems — in various stages of development — over the Atlantic Ocean, with a fourth system poised to move out into the tropical Atlantic from Africa. Meteosat imagery shows a fifth system moving westward over central Africa (These images... Read More
Visible and infrared GOES-11 imagery over the eastern Pacific Ocean have indicated a persistent southwestward-moving cloud edge during the past several days. The visible image, above, from 1830 UTC on 25 August, shows a distinct cloud edge arcing from northwest to southeast. What is the history of this feature? The... Read More
Recent news articles (such as this one) have noted the unusual warmth present in the surface waters of the Great Lakes. Clear skies over the western Great Lakes on Sunday 8 August allowed MODIS instruments to measure sea surface temperatures, and the warm temperatures are plain to see. These warm temperatures... Read More
(Click image for larger version)GOES-15 is observing from a vantage point above the Equator at 89.5 W and GOES-13 is observing from a vantage point above the Equator at 75 W. The two satellites therefore have slightly different perspectives of cloud scenes over the southeast United States. These different perspectives... Read More
