Altimetric measurements of the sea surface (from this site), above, show a region of very tall waves early on 14 February, with Significant Wave Heights exceeding 30 feet. Those waves are also show below in an analysis from OPC (link); they are southwest of a hurricane-force low (surface analysis; here is a toggle between the Significant Wave... Read More
On February 12, 2024, much of inland Alaska is experiencing warnings for wintery precipitation, while coastal Alaska is under warnings for storms, gales, and heavy freezing spray. Southeastern Alaska is also under a small craft advisory.The low-pressure system associated with this inclement weather is seen easily from the GOES-West imagery.... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) images from all 16 of the ABI spectral bands in addition to a Rocket Plume RGB (above) displayed signatures of a SpaceX Starlink Mission Falcon 9 rocket that was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California at 0034 UTC on 10 February or 4:34 PM Pacific Time on 09 February 2024. A warm thermal signature of... Read More
As tropical storm Nat moves away from the Samoan Islands and towards Tahiti, another Invest area, 98P, has developed north of the Samoan Islands. The animation above, from the MIMIC Total Precipitable Water site (link), shows a cyclonically-rotating concentration of moisture just north of Samoa, and moving east-southeastward toward Olosega... Read More
