* GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testing *GOES-16 Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed the “hot spot” signatures (black to yellow to red pixels) associated with numerous wildfires that began to burn in Northern California’s Napa County around 0442 UTC on 09 October 2017 (9:42 PM local time on... Read More
GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testingOctober is typically not a month when tornadoes are expected in Wisconsin. (And in fact, the month ranks fourth in the numbers of fewest tornadoes nationwide). Nevertheless, a brief tornado occurred on the east side of Madison WI late in the afternoon on 7 October (NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan). The visible... Read More
* GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testing *1-minute interval Mesoscale Sector GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed the large central dense overcast (which exhibited cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures of -80ºC and colder, violet colors, and at times -90ºC... Read More
An email from SSEC/CIMSS employee Shane Hubbard discussed details of a weak tornado in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 06 October 2017:While I was working in San Juan last week a tornado formed close to the shoreline of Lake (Lagoon) Los Corozos, moved over the water, and then damaged homes... Read More
