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
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed a mesoscale convective system (MCS) that produced large hail and damaging winds — including gusts to 85 mph around 2120 UTC — across southern Minnesota on 04 June 2019 (SPC storm reports). Numerous well-defined overshooting tops were seen in the imagery, along with cloud-top gravity waves across the... Read More
GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed thunderstorms that developed across Interior Alaska on 02 June 2019. Some of these storms produced small hail, prompting the issuance of a Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Fairbanks AK until 6:30 PM AKDT pic.twitter.com/DguPuFDsbg — NWS... Read More
A comparison of a Landsat-8 False Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) image and the GOES-16 River Flood Areal Extent product near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers as viewed using RealEarth (above) showed areas of river flooding in the Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Cairo, Illinois areas on 01 June 2019.The... Read More
