MIMIC (Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS) estimates of Total Precipitable Water, above, and available in real time here, and archived here, show two cyclonic rotations on the poleward side of the deep moisture of the Intertropical Convergence Zone in the western Pacific. These two circulations are areas of interest... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm), Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 µm), Split Water Vapor BTD (6.2 – 7.3 µm) and Day Convection RGB images (above) showed that the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (for the Transporter-4 Mission) on 01 April 2022 created a short-lived shock wave that propagated northward through the clouds just... Read More

Previous blog posts (example) have documented how to create imagery from the VIIRS instrument, and this one is another example. For example, if you receive a request for VIIRS imagery such as this one: “If you have time to try a case, you could pick Feb 1, 2022 near North... Read More