The CIMSS Natural True Color RGB, above, from 13 March 2018, shows the motion of alluvial sediment in the Gulf of Mexico in the outflow from various rivers. Muddy plumes from the Atchafalaya River in central Louisiana, the Mississippi River, and the Mobile River in Alabama are apparent. In particular,... Read More

Strong northwesterly winds over the Great Plains to the west of a storm system over the mid-Mississippi River Valley have resulted in Red Flag Warnings over Oklahoma, and High Wind Warning and Dust Storm Warnings — including the closing of I-70 over Kansas. Visible Imagery in the “Blue Band”, above, shows little indication of the blowing dust (Click here for an animation without surface observations); dust is difficult to observe when sun... Read More

Animations of GOES-16 Visible, near-Infrared and shortwave Infrared over North America shortly before the Vernal Equinox, and shortly after the Autumnal Equinox, (that is, when the Sun is overhead in the Southern Hemisphere) show bright spots that propagate quickly from west to east (these features were first noted by Frank... Read More

A strong Nor’easter affected much of northeastern portion of the US during 02 March and 03 March 2018. As noted in the previous blog post, the storm produced very strong winds which led to widespread wind damage and power outages. A GOES-16 (GOES-East) Mesoscale Sector was positioned over the storm on 02 March, and “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images... Read More