A recent blog post detailed a heavy rain event over the Kona section of Hawai’i, and the rain occurred several hours after NOAA-20 overpasses that included an unfortunately-placed data gap that included the Big Island of Hawai’i. Thick clouds over the region meant geostationary satellites could not provide information about the thermodynamics surrounding Hawai’i. The image below shows the early morning NOAA-20 orbits on this day. The pass just after 1100 UTC was far... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and Fire Power derived product images during the 5-day period from 27 May – 31 May 2023 (above) showed the thermal signature of wildfires burning in far southern Nova Scotia — which forced the evacuation of 40% of the residents in the area southwest of Shelburne (near airport... Read More

The 2023 NOAA Satellites Virtual Science Fair (VSF) concluded this month with top projects identified. The VSF involves middle and high school students (G6-12) working with GOES (geostationary) or JPSS (polar-orbiting) satellite data in projects of their own design conveyed via a scientific poster. High school submissions also require a short video where students... Read More

Direct Broadcast data from the antenna on Guam (processed with CSPP data) at 1558 UTC on 25 May show the structure of a very strong typhoon. Mawar at 1800 UTC was a Super Typhoon with sustained winds of 155 knots. (Blog Post). The toggle above shows I05 (11.45 µm)Read More