GOES-16 (GOES-East) Red Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed the development of Horizontal Convective Roll (HCR) clouds — a signature often associated with blowing snow — across parts of eastern North Dakota western Minnesota on 12th January 2025. Strong northwesterly winds in the wake of an arctic cold front were... Read More

GOES-16 Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB imagery at 1801 UTC on 6 January 2025, above, show evidence (in greenish yellow) of a glaciated band of cloudiness that is a Lake Effect snow band that deposited from 3-6″ over extreme southeast Wisconsin, in Kenosha and Racine counties. The toggle with the radar emphasizes how Day... Read More

5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Nighttime Microphysics RGB + daytime True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) showed several power plant condensation plumes south of Lake Sakakawea in western North Dakota on 3rd January 2025.GOES-16 Near-Infrared Snow/Ice (1.61 µm) and Day Fog (3.9-10.3 µm) brightness temperature difference images (below) suggested that particulate... Read More

A selection of several GOES ABI loops during 2022 and 2023 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... Read More