GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed a narrow northwest-to-southeast oriented swath of snow cover across far northwestern Pennsylvania on 04 November 2020. With full sunshine and strong southerly winds helping air temperatures warm into the 60s F, this narrow band of snow cover melted by the end of the day.... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm), GLM Flash Extent Density and “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed Hurricane Eta as it was rapidly intensifying from a Category 2 to a Category 4 storm on 02 November 2020. For a few hours there was notable lightning activity within the inner eyewall of Eta.GOES-16 Longwave Infrared (11.2 µm)... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Dust Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images (above) showed the signature of a plume of re-suspended volcanic ash — originating from the region of the Novarupta volcano in Alaska — being transported southeastward across the Shelikof Strait toward Kodiak Island on 02 November 2020. The Read More

2.5-minute rapid scan JMA Himawari-8 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed Category 5 Super Typhoon Goni in the West Pacific Ocean on 30 October 2020. The images revealed a very small “pinhole eye”, surface mesovortices within the eye and a trochoidal motion — all characteristics of a tropical cyclone... Read More