The Sweat Farm Road / Big Turnaround fire complex (that started on 16 April 2007) has become the largest wildfire in Georgia history, burning over 472,000 acres so far. A series of daily (21:45 UTC) GOES-12 visible images... Read More
According to news reports, algae blooms off the coast of California have been producing toxic levels of domoic acid that have recently killed large numbers of birds, sea lions, and dolphins. MODIS true color images centered over San Francisco, California (above; Read More
No…just a weak cyclonic vortex off the Atlantic coast of Florida that just happens to look like a tropical cyclone with an eye! GOES-12 visible imagery (above; Java animation) shows the cloud swirl as it developed what appeared to be an “eye” on... Read More
What would eventually become the largest wildfire in Georgia history (the 472,000 acre Sweat Farm Road / Big Turnaround fire) began to burn in southeastern Georgia (in central Ware county, just south of Waycross, station identifier KAYS) during the afternoon hours on Read More
