Himawari-8 AHI Visible (0.64 µm) and Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed the east-southeastward propagation of a mesoscale convective system which produced a deadly tornado in Yancheng, China around 2:30 pm local time on 23 June 2016 (Weather Underground blog). The location of Yancheng (33°23?N, 120°7?E) is denoted by the cyan... Read More
GOES-13 Infrared Window (10.7 µm) images (above) showed a large Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) that developed in far eastern New Mexico after 2000 UTC on 11 June 2016, then moved eastward and eventually southward over West Texas during the nighttime hours on 12 June. The MCS produced wind gusts to 75 mph and... Read More
GOES-13 (GOES-East) Visible (0.63 µm) and Infrared Window (10.7 µm) images (above) showed that a cluster of thunderstorms began to develop in far southeastern Saskatchewan around 20 UTC on 09 May 2016, which quickly grew into a large supercell thunderstorm that moved across southwestern Manitoba. This thunderstorm exhibited overshooting tops and a... Read More
The GOES-14 satellite remained in Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSO-R) mode for part of the day on 11 May 2016; Infrared Window (10.7 µm) images (above) showed the nocturnal development of a severe thunderstorm ahead of an approaching occluded front (surface analyses) that dropped large amounts of hail in the northwestern... Read More
