GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images with time-matched plots of SPC Storm Reports (above) displayed clusters of thunderstorms that moved across eastern Wyoming and western South Dakota on 28 June 2020. Numerous overshooting tops were seen, along with cloud-top gravity waves and a couple of Above-Anvil Cirrus Plumes (reference | VISIT training). These storms produced hail as large as 2.25″ in... Read More
https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/06/GOES-16_17Stereo_Band2_20200608_2140_to_20200609_0230anim.mp4 GOES-16 (left) and GOES-17 (right) Band 2 (0.64 µm) Visible imagery, 2140 UTC on 8 June 2020 through 0130 UTC 9 June 2020 Strong convection developed over Nebraska late in the afternoon of June 8th (SPC Storm reports are here). Mesoscale domains from both GOES-16 and GOES-17 viewed this developing... Read More
https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/06/G16ABIBand13-20200606_1901_to_20200607_0656anim.mp4 GOES-16 ABI Band 13 (10.3 µm) infrared imagery, 1901 6 June 2020 – 0656 7 June 2020 (Click to play mp4 animation) Portions of the High Plains and intermountain states experienced a climatologically rare Derecho event oni 6-7 June 2020. (Here is a preliminary write-up on this event... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images covering the 26-hour period from 1801 UTC on 03 June to 1956 UTC on 04 June 2020 (above) featured the merger of 2 Mesoscale Convective Systems over northwestern Missouri (beginning around 06 UTC). An animation of radar reflectivity is available here (credit: Pete Pokrandt, AOS). To... Read More
