As a strong arctic cold front moved southward across the Gulf of Mexico toward southern Mexico on 04-05 February 2026, the cold front fractured as it moved inland across Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec — the cold air was then channeled southward through Chivela Pass and emerged as a Tehuano (or... Read More

5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Water Vapor images (above) included hourly plots of surface weather type (R=rain, S=snow, ZR=freezing rain, L=drizzle, F=fog) during the 4-day period (23 January – 26 January 2026) that a major winter storm impacted much of the southern and eastern US. According to the WPC storm summary, some notable storm statistics included: 23″... Read More

As a strong arctic cold front moved southward across the Gulf of Mexico toward southern Mexico on 25-26 January 2026, the cold front fractured as it moved inland across Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec — the cold air was then channeled southward through Chivela Pass and emerged as a Tehuano (or... Read More

5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Red Visible and Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” images (above) displayed a cluster of aircraft dissipation trails or “distrails” (in contrast to aircraft condensation trails or contrails) that drifted eastward across Ohio on 24 January 2026.These distrail features were caused by aircraft that were either ascending through or descending through a... Read More