GOES-17 Data shown here are preliminary and non-operational! Stereoscopic views (using GOES-16 and — preliminary and non-operational — GOES-17 Visible (0.64 µm) imagery) of strengthening Tropical Storm Gordon are shown above. The stereoscopic view shows an initially sheared storm, with the surface circulation apparent becoming somewhat less sheared as convection redevelops... Read More

Potential Tropical Cyclone 7 was located between the Bahamas and Florida during the pre-sunrise hours on 03 September 2018. Toggles between VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images from NOAA-20 at 0636 UTC and Suomi NPP at 0726 UTC are shown above (courtesy of William Straka,... Read More

* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the dissipation of fog and stratus across the San Francisco Bay area on 03 September 2018. However, as most of the fog/stratus dissipated or retreated westward toward the coast in response to... Read More

A low moved eastward across the Beaufort Sea on 01 September 2018, bringing a cold front southward across the North Slope and Brooks Range in far northern Alaska (surface analyses). A sequence of Suomi NPP VIIRS Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images (above) showed the clearing of high/cold clouds in the wake... Read More