GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed the development of multiple clusters of thunderstorms that were responsible for producing heavy rainfall and flash flooding across parts of eastern Kentucky during the nighttime hours leading up to sunrise on 28 July 2022. The coldest GOES-16 cloud-top infrared brightness temperature associated with these thunderstorms was -82.7ºC... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed the development of an elongated band of training thunderstorms that was responsible for producing record rainfall and flash flooding in the St. Louis, Missouri area during the nighttime hours leading up to sunrise on 26 July 2022. The coldest GOES-16 cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures... Read More
NOAA-20’s afternoon path on 21 July 2022 (here, from this site) allowed for a complete view of the Great Lakes, as shown here, and mostly clear skies meant that ACSPO Lake Surface Temperatures were produced; these are here, and also included in the animation above that also includes mid-lake buoy observations. Lake Superior... Read More
