US Space Force EWS-G1 Infrared (10.7 µm) images (above) showed Cyclone Tauktae in the Arabian Sea (just off the west coast of India) as it intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 3 storm on 16 May 2021.A DMSP-18 SSMIS Microwave (85 GHz) image from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (below) revealed... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) displayed the explosive growth of the Palisades Fire thermal signature late in the day on 15 May 2021. The maximum 3.9 µm brightness temperature sensed was 138.7ºC — which is the saturation temperature for those ABI detectors. The fire prompted evacuation orders in the Topanga, California area.A... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the convective banding associated with Tropical Invest 90E in the East Pacific Ocean on 08 May 2021. Invest 90E was centered along a northward bulge in the ITCZ/Monsoon Trough (below).Invest 90E was located over water characterized by modest Ocean Heat Content and very... Read More
JMA Himawari-8 Dust RGB images (created using Geo2Grid) covering the 48-hour period from 21 UTC on 04 May to 21 UTC on 06 May 2021 (above) revealed multiple plumes of blowing dust (brighter shades magenta/pink) which originated over parts of Mongolia — and were then transported southeastward and eastward across northeastern China.Surface... Read More
