A Suomi NPP VIIRS True Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) image viewed using RealEarth (above) showed numerous thunderstorms developing across the foothills of the Andes in western Argentina on 29 September 2018, in advance of a cold front that was moving northward.Closer views of VIIRS True Color and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images... Read More

* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *GOES-17 Low-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images (above) revealed an interesting train of standing waves about 100-150 miles south of the Big Island of Hawai’i on 25 November 2018. With the presence of moisture aloft, the 3... Read More

* GOES-17 images posted here are preliminary and non-operational * Following an eruption of Mount Veniaminof on 21 November 2018, 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Split Window Difference (10.3-12.3 µm) images (above) showed the volcanic ash plume drifting southeastward over the Gulf of Alaska. During the period 1947-2323 UTC the... Read More

In support of the RELAMPAGO-CACTI field experiment, GOES-16 (GOES-East) had a Mesoscale Domain Sector centered over northeastern Argentina on 13 November 2018 — and 1-minute “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images with plots of GLM Groups (above) showed a large and long-lived Mesoscale Convective System moving eastward across far northeastern Argentina and expanding into southern... Read More