GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed that it was generally cloud-free across much of eastern Alaska and northwestern Canada on 19 March 2019 — the abundant solar insolation help to warm surface temperatures to record levels for the month of March at locations such as Sitka (high=67ºF) and... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) revealed the thermal anomaly or “hot spot” of a fire burning at the Intercontinental Terminals Company petrochemical plant in Deer Park, Texas on 18 March 2019. Although the thermal signature was often partially masked by the passage of high clouds overhead, it was... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” (1.61 µm) images (above) depicted the signature of northwest-to-southeast oriented swaths of fresh snowfall (lighter gray shades) which had recently fallen on top of the aged snow pack across North Dakota on 17 March 2019. As discussed here, the surface of the preexisting snow cover had experienced rapid melting several... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed the southwestward motion of a dark smoke cloud resulting from a gas explosion and fire in South Los Angeles, California on the morning of 17 March 2019.A sequence of 5-minute “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images from... Read More