EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 Infrared images (above) showed Cyclone Gezani as it made landfall along the east coast of Madagascar (near the city of Toamasina, station identifier FMMT) around 1645 UTC on 10 February 2026 — as a 110-kt Category 3 storm (JTWC discussion). Gezani had been rapidly intensifying on 10 February prior... Read More
Much of the state of Alaska is finds itself impacted by a strong atmospheric river on Friday, 16 January 2026. Moisture has been plunging due north from the tropics to the southern coast of Alaska. The river has brought with it precipitation and temperatures well above normal. One of the... Read More
A 29-day sequence of 10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-18 (GOES-West) daytime True Color RGB and Nighttime Microphysics RGB images — created using Geo2Grid (above) showed the evolution of a long-duration Tule fog event across the Central Valley of California, from 21 November to 19 December 2025.The fog was more sparse in its areal coverage during the initial... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible and Infrared images (above) showed Category 5 Hurricane Melissa as it made landfall along the far southwest coast of Jamaica around 1700 UTC on 28 October 2025. Low-altitude mesovortices were evident within the eye — and GLM Flash Points revealed abundant lightning activity within the inner... Read More
