True Color RGB mages — created using Geo2Grid — from GOES-18 (GOES-West), GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East) (above) displayed the hazy signature of blowing dust associated with a Tehuano wind event, which was spreading south-southwestward from the Gulf of Tehuantepec across the Pacific Ocean on 18 February 2023. A narrow rope cloud... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB images (above) showed widespread elevated convective banding that was helping to enhance snowfall rates — with some locations reporting 1.5 to 2.0 inches per hour — across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Lower Michigan, Iowa and Illinois on 16 February 2023. There was no GLM indication... Read More

True Color RGB images — created using Geo2Grid — from GOES-18 (GOES-West), GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East) (above) displayed dense plumes of blowing dust across parts of New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma on 14 February 2023. Strong winds (with gusts in the 60-85 mph range) in the wake of a cold front lofted... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Air Mass RGB images (above) included contours of RAP40 model PV 1.5 Pressure — and showed a Hurricane Force low pressure that had rapidly intensified as it moved northeastward off the US East Coast (surface analyses) on 06 February 2023. The PV 1.5 surface (which represents the dynamic tropopause) descended to the 500 hPa pressure level at... Read More