5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) daytime True Color RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) provided a distinct view of widespread blowing dust that spread northeastward across much of New Mexico during the day on 17 April 2025 — eventually reaching the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles (and even southeast Colorado and southwest Kansas). After sunset,... Read More
The Campbell Mesa prescribed burn occurred just east of Flagstaff, Arizona on 09 April 2025. Given that this location is approximately midway between the views of GOES-18 (GOES-West, with a satellite zenith angle for Flagstaff of 48.72 degrees) and GOES-19 (GOES-East, with a satellite zenith angle for Flagstaff of 56.13 degrees), this fire served as... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) nighttime Dust RGB + daytime True Color RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) revealed a plume of resuspended volcanic ash (shades of pink/magenta at night, hazy shades of tan during the day) from the 1912 Novarupta-Katmai eruption in Alaska — which was being transported offshore across the... Read More
During what was the last full day of GOES-16’s duty as GOES-East, a comparison of Shortwave Infrared Images from GOES-16 and GOES-19 (Preliminary/Non-operational) (above) showed thermal signatures of prescribed burning in the Flint Hills area of eastern Kansas. These annual Springtime prescribed burns are performed by cattle ranchers in order to... Read More
