GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the formation of a lake breeze along the western shore of Wisconsin — in the wake of a cold frontal passage — on 05 June 2019. This lake breeze enhanced surface convergence, which played a role in the formation of a thunderstorm that produced hail as large... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed a mesoscale vortex near the Texas coast (in the general vicinity of Houston) on 05 June 2019. This could have been a Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV), but there is evidence to suggest that it was a remnant circulation of what was Tropical Invest 91L a few... Read More