1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Infrared images (above) showed thunderstorms that produced very heavy rainfall — with 4 sites reporting over 11 inches across parts of the Milwaukee metro area (text list | radar-estimated rainfall) during the 12-hour period from early in the evening on 09 August into the early morning hours on 10 August 2025.... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Clean Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed a cluster of thunderstorms that eventually congealed into a large Mesoscale Convective System, producing a tornado, hail as large as 2.75″ in diameter and wind gusts as high as 99 mph (SPC Storm Reports) across parts of eastern... Read More

5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Nighttime Microphysics RGB + daytime True Color images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) showed a remnant Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that migrated eastward from southeastern Montana to northwestern South Dakota — where it helped to force the rapid development of a slow-moving Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) during the afternoon... Read More

Significant convection across the northern continental United States has had some notable impacts on the aviation network over the past few weeks. On Wednesday, 30 July, Delta Flight 56 was en route from Salt Lake City, UT, with an intended destination of Amsterdam. Shortly after takeoff at 4:30 PM local... Read More