At around 9 PM EST on 03 February 2023 (0200 UTC on 04 February) a 50-car train derailed in East Palestine in far eastern Ohio, with some of the rail cars carrying hazardous chemicals that caught fire (media report) — and GOES-16 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed the thermal... Read More

After a prolonged 3-day winter storm that produced highly disruptive accumulations of sleet and freezing rain (WPC Storm Summary) across parts of the Southern Plains and Mid-South from 31 January – 02 February 2023, clouds cleared out across much of those regions on 03 February — allowing GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Day Snow-Fog RGB images... Read More