A large amount of Saharan Dust has been blowing off of the African continent for the past several days. The dust is moving to higher latitudes reaching as far north as southern Ireland. These strong dust events heavily affect air quality in the Canary Islands and a yellow alert is... Read More
JMA Himawari-8 True Color RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) showed the rapid expansion of a volcanic cloud following an explosive eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha`apai on 15 January 2022. An abrupt shock wave was also evident, which propagated radially outward in all directions.The volcanic cloud also exhibited a striking appearance in... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) True Color RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) displayed the eye-like signature of a potential subtropical cyclone or “neutercane” over the Southeast Pacific Ocean on 12 January 2022. This type of mesoscale “hybrid” system has been observed near decaying cold fronts, or (as in this case) near the... Read More
JMA Himawari-8 Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed Tropical Cyclone Tiffany as it made landfall along the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia on 09 January 2022. [UPDATE: just prior to making landfall around 0130 UTC on 10 January, Tiffany intensified to a Category 1 typhoon... Read More
