5-minute PACUS/CONUS sector Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 µm) images with an overlay of GLM-detected Flash Extent Density from GOES-18 (GOES-West) and GOES-16 (GOES-East) (above) showed the detection of a bolide — which according to the American Meteor Society occurred around 1333 UTC on 13th November 2024.Since the bright fireball occurred at a high altitude... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Red Visible images and the Land Surface Temperature derived product (above) showed a large area of relatively fresh snow cover across the Plains of eastern Colorado on 11th November 2024 — this deep snow cover was the result of a closed upper-level low which moved across the area 2-3 days... Read More

5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Nighttime Microphysics RGB + daytime True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) displayed the nocturnal thermal signatures (darker shades of violet) of a few wildfires in the vicinity or the New Jersey-New York border — particularly that associated with the larger and persistent Jennings Creek... Read More

Hurricane Rafael is in the Gulf of Mexico, drifting to the west. The MIMIC Total Precipitable Water (TPW) animation, above, shows a notable thinning in the band of moisture connecting Rafael to deep tropical moisture located over the southern Caribbean Ocean. Dry air from the Yucatan is also wrapping into... Read More