GOES-16 (GOES-East) Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” (1.61 µm) images (above) showed the shadow of a total solar ecliipse in the Southern Hemisphere on 04 December 2021. Even though the 1.61 µm imagery is at a lower (1 km) spatial resolution, it provided better contrast than higher-resolution (0.5 km) 0.64 µm “Red” Visible imagery, helping to highlight... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed thunderstorms that produced a variety of severe weather (SPC Storm Reports) across far southern Oklahoma on 22 April 2020. These discrete supercell storms developed along a cold front associated with a low pressure system moving across the region (surface analyses).GOES-16... Read More
A sequence of GOES-17 (GOES-West) Low-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images (above) showed the evolution of a bomb cyclone (surface analyses: WPC | OPC) that made landfall along the Oregon/California coast just after sunset on 26 November 2019. The storm produced wind gusts of 106 mph in southwestern Oregon... Read More
NOAK49 PAFG 110400 CCA PNSAFG AKZ222-111600- Public Information Statement…CORRECTED National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 800 PM AKDT Sat Aug 10 2019 …Lightning Detected within 300 Miles of North Pole Today… A number of lightning strikes were recorded between 4pm and 6pm today within 300 miles of the North Pole. The... Read More
