On 18 December 2022, Hawaiian Airlines Flight 35 (HAL 35, from Phoenix to Honolulu) encountered severe turbulence about 30 minutes prior to landing, which injured 36 passengers and crew (media report). GOES-17 (GOES-West) Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 µm) images (above) include contours of Moderate Or Greater (MOG) Turbulence Probability and Pilot Report... Read More

The latest release of the CSPPGeo software package geo2grid (version 1.1, downloadable here) includes support to display two Level 2 products from GOES-R: Cloud Top Temperature and Cloud Top Height. Cloud Top Temperature, above, created using data ordered and downloaded from the NOAA CLASS site, is at 2-km resolution (in line with the latest... Read More