The Storm Prediction Center issued an Extreme Fire Weather Outlook (note that those conditions are #6 on the Priority List for Mesoscale Sectors!) for portions of southern California on 6 November 2024, and the forecast office in Los Angeles issued both High Wind Warnings — for strong Santa Ana winds — and a Red Flag Warning, as shown here, noting that this was a Particularly Dangerous... Read More
Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided 30-second interval GOES-19 (Preliminary/Non-operational) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) — which showed thunderstorms that produced hail to 1.75″ in diameter, wind gusts to 94 mph and several tornadoes (SPC Storm Reports) across parts of North Texas. eastern Oklahoma and far northwestern Arkansas on 04 November 2024.The corresponding 30-second GOES-19 “Clean” Infrared... Read More
A prolonged eruptive period of Popocatépetl occurred during 23-30 October 2024. An animation of GOES-16 (GOES-East) Nighttime Microphysics RGB + daytime True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) displayed the volcanic plumes — which often exhibited brighter shades of magenta at night, and a hazy appearance during the day —... Read More
Both mesosectors for GOES-16 and GOES-19 were placed over Hurricane Milton on 9 October. Consequently, 30-second imagery from both satellites was acquired. The animation above shows visible imagery from sunrise to 2159 UTC. To view a three-dimensional image, cross your eyes so that three images are present, and focus on... Read More
