Himawari-8 Visible (0.64 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and Longwave Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above / MP4 ; zoomed-in over fire source region: GIF / MP4) showed wildfires burning in New South Wales, Australia on 12 February 2017. The larger Sir Ivan Fire near Dunedoo produced a pyroCumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud,... Read More
A strong winter storm impacted much of the Northeast US on 09 February 2017, dropping up to 24 inches of snow in Maine and producing wind gusts of 70 mph in Massachusetts (WPC storm summary). GOES-13 (GOES-East) Water Vapor (6.5 µm) images with surface fronts and Mean Sea Level Pressure (above) showed the rapid... Read More
Severe Weather hit Louisiana on Tuesday 7 February 2017, and the ABI on GOES-16 viewed the convective development. This website includes an animation (also available on YouTube) of the visible imagery (Band 2, 0.64 µm with 0.5-km resolution at the subsatellite point) from ABI during the time period of the strongest tornadoes in and near New Orleans. Click here for... Read More
A Shamal Wind event affected the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula during the first few days of February 2017, as a strong cold front moved southward across the region. Daily composites of Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images (source: RealEarth) during the 31 January – 05 February period (above)... Read More
