GOES-16 Clean Window infrared (Band 13, 10.3 µm) images from 2-9 August 2024 show the development of Debby over the greater Antilles and then northward from Cuba, landfall in Florida and subsequent slow progress north along the eastern United States coastline, finally exiting the region on 9 August. The above animation was created using geo2grid software. ... Read More
30-second Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) images from all 16 of the ABI spectral bands along with a Rocket Plume RGB (above) displayed signatures of a Boeing Starliner’s Atlas V rocket booster that was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1552 UTC (11:52 AM EST) on 05 June 2024. The... Read More
12 days after its powerful eruption on 17 April, 10-minute JMA Himawari-9 AHI Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed another explosive eruption of Mount Ruang in Indonesia on 29 April 2024. The coldest cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures reached -90ºC (internal yellow pixels) at 1850 UTC, shortly after eruption onset. Note that the volcanic umbrella cloud exhibited concentric... Read More
10-minute JMA Himawari-9 AHI Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed an explosive eruption of Mount Ruang in Indonesia on 17 April 2024. Note that a thunderstorm was reported at Menado (station identifier WAMM) from 1400-1430 UTC, due to abundant lightning activity within the dense volcanic umbrella cloud.In the Himawari-9 Infrared Window... Read More
