The distinct hot thermal signature (black to yellow to red pixels) of a new fissure eruption between Stóra-Skógfell and Sýlingarfell on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland was apparent in 10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-16 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images during the 20th-24th November 2024 period (above). Station identifier BIRK is Reykjavik Airport, and... Read More

A display of all 16 ABI spectral bands from GOES-16 (GOES-East) showed that a hot thermal signature of the SpaceX Starship Falcon Heavy rocket booster was apparent in Near-Infrared & Infrared bands 04-16 at 2101 UTC during its Test Flight 6 on 19th November 2024. In addition, the rocket exhaust condensation cloud was... Read More

Mostly clear skies over the Great Lakes early on 18 November allowed for good satellite estimates of Lake Surface temperatures. They are, in a word, very warm. The toggle above compares estimates from NOAA-20 and from GOES-16. The stepped animation below (source) compares November 17th values this year with those... Read More

5-minute CONUS sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Red Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) displayed an intensifying Hurricane Force low pressure system over the western Atlantic Ocean (not far off the North Carolina coast) on 15th November 2024. Note the area of haziness just west-southwest of the center of the surface low — this milky/hazy appearance was... Read More