Some remnant signatures of Winter could be seen on 01 April 2018 — the first were seen  on GOES-16 (GOES-East) GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice (1.61 µm) over North Dakota and South Dakota, in the form of snow cover and snow/ice on parts of the Missouri River (above). With the high... Read More

 GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) imagery (above) showed the formation of widespread stable boundary layer roll clouds across parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee on 27 March 2018. With a relatively cool and stable boundary layer across the region, the gradual southwesterly return flow of moisture immediately above the surface  (below)... Read More

Four weeks of GOES-16 Full-Disk imagery, spanning 28 February to 24 March at a 15-minute interval, showing four Nor’easters, are available via the image above at YouTube.  The imagery shows CIMSS Natural Color during the day and a blend of GOES-16 ABI Shortwave (3.9 µm) and Longwave (10.3 µm) Infrared... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed smoke plumes and fire “hot spots” associated with numerous wildfires burning in northeastern Oklahoma on 24 March 2018.A comparison of Terra/Aqua MODIS and Suomi NPP VIIRS Shortwave Infrared images (below) showed  higher-resolution view of the fire hot spots. ... Read More