As a strong arctic cold front moved southward across the Gulf of Mexico toward southern Mexico on 04-05 February 2026, the cold front fractured as it moved inland across Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec — the cold air was then channeled southward through Chivela Pass and emerged as a Tehuano (or... Read More
A prescribed burn in far western Arizona’s Havasu National Wildlife Refuge became uncontrolled as northerly winds unexpectedly increased (gusting to 36 mph at RAWS site QHAA3 just north of the fire, and gusting to 28 mph at Needles Airport just west of the fire around 2300 UTC) — and grew to become the Havasu Fire... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) GeoColor RGB images with an overlay of Next Generation Fire System (NGFS) Fire Detection polygons (above) displayed numerous thermal signatures and smoke plumes associated with prescribed burns near the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana on 15 January 2026.Two of the hottest-burning fires occurred near the coast in far southwest... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Water Vapor images (above) displayed an intermittent signature of subsidence-induced warming/drying (brighter shades of yellow to orange) that led to the development of strong downslope winds in the Front Range of Colorado on 17 December 2025. Several sites recorded peak wind gusts in excess of 100 mph.A toggle... Read More
