A supercell thunderstorm which developed in southeastern Montana during the afternoon hours on 27 July 2018 produced damaging wind-driven hail as it moved southeastward across western South Dakota into far northern Nebraska (SPC storm reports | NWS Rapid City summary). 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the evolution of this storm.The corresponding GOES-16... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the rapid intensification of thunderstorms over far southwestern Missouri during the early evening hours on 19 July 2018. Surface outflow boundaries from these storms produced damaging winds (SPC storm reports), including gusts to 45 knots (52 mph) at Branson West at 2355 UTC (text)... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 µm), Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm), Low-level Water Vapor (7.3 µm) and “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed the well-defined signature of a mid-tropospheric lobe of vorticity moving from southeastern South Dakota across Iowa during the day on 19 July 2018 — this feature provided synoptic-scale forcing for ascent... Read More

* GOES-17 imagery shown here are preliminary and non-operational *A 3-panel comparison of Visible images from GOES-15 (GOES-West), GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East) shown above highlights the dissipation of fog in the Strait of Juan de Fuca during the morning hours on 17 July 2018. The three sets of images are displayed in the native... Read More