A rare, mostly clear day over the Great Lakes (and favorable orbital geometry) allowed NOAA-20, above, and Suomi-NPP, below, to image all 5 Great Lakes in one scene. These images were produced from data that were downloaded at the Direct Broadcast site at CIMSS and processed with CSPP and Polar2Grid; ... Read More
The AirMass RGB from GOES-16 at 0800 UTC on 20 January 2021 showed a distinct color change across central Missouri, from red to green. The enhanced red coloring suggests a large difference in water vapor brightness temperatures. The toggle above (including an image with NUCAPS* sounding points), shows structures in... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images created using Geo2Grid (above) revealed long trails of lee waves extending northeastward from many of the South Sandwich Islands on 16 January 2021. These lee waves were generated by strong southwesterly winds within the marine boundary layer interacting with the topography of the islands — wind... Read More
The High Plains of Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas experienced a significant dust storm (with Dust Storm Warnings issued) on 15 January 2021, (Click here for a blog post on the blowing dust with this storm on 14 January) associated with a strong jet streak and extratropical cyclone discussed here. The animation above (Here’s the same animation, but slower)... Read More
