The NASA/SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to the International Space Station was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1015 UTC on 13 February 2026 — and overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors from GOES-19 (GOES-East) provided 30-second images from all 16 ABI spectral bands (above). Since this was a nighttime launch, varying shades of white... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Water Vapor images (above) included hourly plots of surface weather type (R=rain, S=snow, ZR=freezing rain, L=drizzle, F=fog) during the 4-day period (23 January – 26 January 2026) that a major winter storm impacted much of the southern and eastern US. According to the WPC storm summary, some notable storm statistics included: 23″... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Red Visible and Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” images (above) displayed a cluster of aircraft dissipation trails or “distrails” (in contrast to aircraft condensation trails or contrails) that drifted eastward across Ohio on 24 January 2026.These distrail features were caused by aircraft that were either ascending through or descending through a... Read More
Strong northerly winds created blowing snow and blizzard conditions across parts of eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota — particularly within the Red River Valley — on 17 January 2026. 5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” images (above) showed the development of Horizontal Convective Rolls (HCRs) where winds were channeled down the... Read More
