GOES-18 (GOES-West) and GOES-16 (GOES-East) True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) showed hazy plumes of blowing dust lofted by Tehuano gap winds that emerged from the south coast of Mexico — which spread out across the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the adjacent waters of the Pacific Ocean on 27-30 January 2024 (long, narrow rope... Read More
Damaging waves hit the Marshall Islands on 19 January 2024, causing considerable damage, and the northern shores of American Samoa on 22 January 2024, leaving behind considerable debris, as shown below (photos courtesy NWS Pago Pago). The waves could be tracked using Altimetric data as viewed at this NOAA/NESDIS website; data for the globe and also data around... Read More
A toggle between NOAA-20 VIIRS Day/Night Band and Infrared Window images valid at 0827 UTC (2:27 AM local time) on 22 January 2024 (above) showed an opening of the Kivalliq Polynya along the northwest coast of Hudson Bay — which was the result of a period of strong offshore winds (Arviat Airport CYEK observations),... Read More
Morning radar on the morning of 19 January 2024 (shown below from this source) showed a single band of snow squalls moving southward over central Lake Michigan. Then band moved inland over northwestern Indiana, resulting in a winter storm warning over northwestern Indiana (More information from NWS IWX) and hazardous travel conditions through that heavily-traveled corridor between Chicago and Detroit. GOES-16 Clean... Read More
