JetBlue Flight 429 encountered severe turbulence over south-central South Dakota around 0115 UTC on 12 August (7:15 pm local time on 11 August) 2016, which caused injuries to 22 passengers and 2 crew members (media story). The aircraft (flying from Boston MA to Sacramento CA) had to be diverted to Rapid City... Read More

GOES-13 (GOES-East) Water Vapor (6.5 µm) images (above) showed the intensification of a strong cyclone over Hudson Bay, Canada during the 09 August – 10 August 2016 period; the cyclone deepened to a central pressure of 980 hPa (28.94″ of mercury) at 06 UTC on 10 August.Daily composites of Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color Red/Green/Blue... Read More