The GOES-14 satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) mode on 14 August 2014, providing imagery at 1-minute intervals with the goal of monitoring the western US for convection and/or wildfire... Read More

The system that caused flooding in Detroit, MI on 11 August and in Baltimore/Washington on 12 August has moved eastward: Islip, NY, on central Long Island, had historically heavy rainfall early in the morning on 13 August as more than 13″ of rain fell (9.71″ in two hours, and 5.34″... Read More

Very heavy rain has fallen during the day on August 12th in and around Baltimore (with rainfall rates as high as 2.70″ per hour at KBWI) and Washington DC, with reports of up to 10″. Where has this moisture come from? There are a variety of products... Read More

GOES-15 6.5 µm water vapor channel images (above; click image to play animation; also available as an MP4 movie file) showed the development of a train of stratospheric intrusion vortices over the East Pacific Ocean during the 07 August – 08 August 2014 period. These vortices... Read More