CSPP Geosphere animations from GOES-West (above, link) and GOES-East (below, link) both show an active fire — the Cedar Creek fire — over Oregon (previously discussed here). Low-level winds (as shown in the 1200 UTC sounding from Medford OR) are moving the smoke plume out over the Pacific Ocean. The oblique side-view from GOES-East (below) gives a... Read More
Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Ocean (ACSPO) temperatures over Lake Superior on 6 September, shown above, show a large area of surface temperature below 55oF (magenta and white in the enhancement) over central Lake Superior. Clear early-Autumn skies allowed for this mostly complete view of the Lake Surface. Although Lake Superior... Read More
The recent 3-day weekend was a 3-night extravaganza for Aurora enthusiasts with an active Aurora Borealis lighting up the sky for 3 nights in a row. The VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) Day Night Band Sensor flying on the Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 polar-orbiting satellites captured stunning snapshots of the... Read More
Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided 30-second GOES-18 (GOES-West) Fire Temperature RGB images, along with GOES-17 Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm (FDCA) products (above) — which showed thermal signatures of the larger Ross Fork Fire and the smaller Wildhorse Fire in southern Idaho on 04 September 2022. The Wildhorse Fire caused a closure of US Highway 20, just west of... Read More
