CSPP Geosphere imagery (Night Microphysics RGB), above, shows baroclinic leaf over the Hawaiian islands that is suggestive of the early stages of a developing mid-latitude cyclone. Air Mass RGB over roughly the same time, below (source), is also suggestive of a developing cyclone. The orange values in the RGB to the west... Read More

A toggle between Suomi-NPP VIIRS False Color RGB and True Color RGB images (above) displayed the areal extent of burn scars from the  Smokehouse Creek Fire and the Windy Deuce Fire — which began burning in the Texas Panhandle on 26 February, as discussed in this blog post — at 1955 UTC on 02 March 2024. Surface reports... Read More

5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) True Color RGB images + Nighttime Microphysics RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) showed large smoke plumes produced by 2 wind-driven grass fires in central Nebraska (just north of North Platte) on 26 February 2024. The burn scar associated with the larger (southernmost) fire was very apparent, as... Read More

CIMSS Scientists who work with JPSS data had numerous presentations at the American Meteorological Society’s Annual Meeting held at the end of January in Baltimore. This blog post discusses two poster by Rich Dworak who (along with co-authors) investigated how JPSS data can define winds and ice properties in the... Read More