1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the hazy signature of a plume of re-suspended ash from the 1912 Katmai volcanic eruption. Strong surface winds gusting to 50-55 knots — caused by a strong pressure gradient along the western periphery of a Storm Force low in the Gulf of Alaska (surface analyses)... Read More

The record for the most rain over a 72-hour period was in late February 2007, with 3.930m (154.72″)! This was on Reunion Island, associated with Tropical Cyclone Gamede in South Indian Ocean. The island is east of Madagascar. This island also holds... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB images (above) showed a cluster of convective features propagating south-southeastward over and to the east of Billings, Montana on 27 February 2021. The shades of green in the RGB images indicated that some of these cloud tops were glaciating, suggesting enough vertical development to produce... Read More

NUCAPS profiles derived from CrIS and ATMS data on NOAA-20 provide model-independent estimates of atmospheric thermodynamics globally, including, for this case over the central Pacific Ocean, in regions otherwise bereft of data.  NUCAPS lapse rates show a minimum in stability in low-levels in between two cloud features; the region includes... Read More