Suomi NPP overflew Hurricane Blanca early in the morning on 4 June, during a near-full Moon, and the Day Night Band imagery, above, toggled with the 11.35 µm imagery, show the hurricane. (Day/night band imagery of the eye is here, the entire storm is here, and zoomed out is here;... Read More

Hurricane Andres (above) in the eastern tropical Pacific was on 2 June 2015 joined by Tropical Storm Blanca (below). Blanca was forecast to become a Hurricane later on 2 June as Andres weakens. The circulation of Andres, above, is well-established, with good anti-cyclonic outflow and curved inflow bands. Shear values are... Read More

Forecasts have been consistent in the past days for a storm of historic proportions over parts of southern New England. What conditions that are present now argue for the development of a strong winter storm? The image above is the GOES Sounder Land Surface Temperature (or “Skin Temperature”) product; cold... Read More

The Chinese Meteorological Satellite FY-2G was launched on 31 December 2014 from Xichang Launch Center in Sichuan Province. It has achieved Geostationary Orbit at 99.5º E and its first full disk Color Composite image, above, from 8 January 2015, has been released.For more information on FY-2G, click here. FY-2G is... Read More