As first hinted at in this blog post, the Community Satellite Processing Package for Geostationary Data (CSPP-Geo) (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/csppgeo/ ) group at CIMSS has released a beta version of a unix-based package that computes LightningCast probabilities.  LightningCast (available online in real time for select regions) diagnoses the probability of a Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) observation of lightning within... Read More

NOAA and NASA recently released the first ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) imagery from GOES-19. GOES-U was launched on June 25, 2024. The (Preliminary/Non-operational) GOES-19 ABI images on this page are from this very early stage. See the GOES-U launch as well the other GOES ABI monitored the rocket signature with rapid scan imagery), including the re-entry. GOES-19 is the final (fourth)... Read More

Hurricane John was an intense cyclone that affected the Pacific coast of Mexico for a about a week in late September 2024. (Click here to see an approximate path). The storm was noteworthy in that it made landfall, dissipated, re-developed, and then made landfall again. The animation above shows the... Read More

The Fall Equinox in 2024 happened on September 22. According to the astronomical definition of the seasons, the autumnal (or fall) equinox marks the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, which lasts until the winter solstice (around December 21 or 22 in the Northern Hemisphere). This is the... Read More