10-minute Full Disk scan Dust RGB images from GOES-18 (GOES-West), GOES-17, GOES-19 (Preliminary/Non-operational) and GOES-16 (GOES-East) created using Geo2Grid (above) showed vivid signatures of blowing dust (brighter shades of magenta) that originated over parts of northern Mexico and southwestern New Mexico — and was subsequently transported northeastward across southern New Mexico... Read More

5-minute PACUS Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) displayed the bright white signature of fresh snow cover on the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawai`i on 1st February and 2nd February 2025. This snowfall occurred as a... Read More

The potent cyclone (surface analysis, an airmass RGB animation from the College of Dupage website is below) that caused severe weather over Hawaii (blog post) is also drenching the islands with considerable rains. The animation of MIMIC Total Precipitable Water, above, shows the storm drawing tropical moisture northward from the Intertropical Convergence Zone. The airmass RGB,... Read More

With the increasing threat for strong to severe convection across the western portion of Hawai’i, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch was issued for an area centered on the island of Kauai at 1522 UTC on 30th January 2025 (above).5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-18 Clean Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed elongated... Read More