GOES-18 (GOES-West) Air Mass RGB images during the 15-19 February 2023 period (above) displayed the migration of a Kona Low from north of the main Hawaiian Island chain on 15 February toward Johnston Island on 19 February. The MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product (below) showed that the circulation of this Kona Low helped to draw... Read More
True Color RGB mages — created using Geo2Grid — from GOES-18 (GOES-West), GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East) (above) displayed the hazy signature of blowing dust associated with a Tehuano wind event, which was spreading south-southwestward from the Gulf of Tehuantepec across the Pacific Ocean on 18 February 2023. A narrow rope cloud... Read More
Two more SAR data collections occurred over American Samoa waters on 16 February, as shown above. (This is part of an ongoing special collection that extends through early March). As with most previous observations, winds around American Samoa were light. Consider these ASCAT observations from MetopC at ca. 2040 UTC on 16 February 2023, for example, taken from this site. Observed winds are uniformly around... Read More
True Color RGB images — created using Geo2Grid — from GOES-18 (GOES-West), GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East) (above) displayed dense plumes of blowing dust across parts of New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma on 14 February 2023. Strong winds (with gusts in the 60-85 mph range) in the wake of a cold front lofted... Read More
