1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed the development of severe thunderstorms across parts of the Upper Midwest on 24 September 2019 — these storms produced hail as large as 2.5 inches in diameter in Nebraska, a wind gust to 80 mph in Minnesota and an EF3-rated tornado... Read More

NOAA-20 has viewed the launch from Tanegashima Island of a Japanese Spacecraft (NASA Blog Coverage; YouTube video, launch is at minute 35 in the video). Brandon Aydlett, NWS Guam, noted the appearance of a very bright spot in the Day Night Band imagery from NOAA-20 at 1602 UTC on 24 September (and a... Read More