GOES-16 (GOES-East) Split Window images (above) showed a large plume of the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) that moved westward off the coast of Africa then westward and northwestward across the eastern and central Atlantic Ocean during the 15-20 September 2019 period.On 20 September, the hazy SAL plume could be easily seen... Read More

GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” (1.61 µm), Day Snow-Fog Red-Green-Blue (RGB) and and Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB images (above) showed portions of the Brooks Range and eastern North Slope of Alaska that had significant snow cover on 18 September 2019. Some areas received 4-6 inches of snowfall during the previous day (a... Read More

VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Visible (0.64 µm) imagery from Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 (above) revealed dark smoke plumes from oil refineries and other facilities damaged by drone strikes early in the day on 14 September 2019.EUMETSAT Meteosat-8 Visible (0.8 µm) images (below) showed the south-southwestward transport of the... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed  the development of thunderstorms that produced large hail, tornadoes and damaging winds (SPC Storm Reports) across eastern Wyoming, northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota on 10 September 2019. Note that many of the storms exhibited Above-Anvil Cirrus Plumes. Pulsing overshooting tops reached -80ºC and colder (violet pixels)... Read More