GOES-14 remained in SRSO-R mode on 17 August 2016, providing imagery at 1-minute intervals over the western US. Some interesting phenomena observed included the evolution of coastal fog/stratus in areas such as Vancouver Island and Washington/Oregon (above; also available as a large 134 Mbyte animated GIF) and also the Bay Area of California... Read More
Persistent convection in an atmosphere rich in moisture has led to life-threatening flooding over many Parishes in southern Louisiana. The animation above, taken from images at this site that morphs MIRS estimates of Total Precipitable Water (with values valid over both land and water) shows values around three inches over much of southeastern... Read More
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
