Severe convection developed in eastern portions of the Texas panhandle region, which produced wind gusts to 67 mph and golf-ball size hail (1.75 inch diameter) around 20:20 to 20:30 UTC (3:20 to 3:30 PM local time) in parts of Cottle county, TX (the county outlined... Read More

No shortage of satellite meteorology topics today over the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions! A look at the GOES-12 visible channel animation (below, left) reveals the following features: (1) fingers of morning fog in the river valleys of southwestern Wisconsin, (2) areas of smoke... Read More

Wildfire activity persisted across parts of the Northwest US today, with GOES-11 Wildfire ABBA indicating a number of active fires in WA, ID, and MT (below, left). The smoke from these fires became rather thick from eastern Washington to western Montana, as seen by the widespread... Read More