A sequence of 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) images from all 16 ABI spectral bands (above) displayed reflectance and/or thermal signatures of the SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket booster as the Intelsat-40e/TEMPO Mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 0430 UTC on 07 April 2023.A subtle reflectance was even detected... Read More
The recent bouts of severe weather (See this blog post about the 31 March outbreak, or this one about the 4 April outbreak) over the central United States mean an opportunity to compare Numerical Model output from models that are initialized with temperature/moisture profiles derived from Polar Hyperspectral Soundings (using both infrared and microwave data from CrIS/ATMS or IASI/AMSU/MHS) to models... Read More
Himawari-9 Airmass RGB imagery, below, from 0000 on 4 April through 1200 UTC on 6 April 2023 (created using geo2grid) show a transition from a deep tropical airmass (deep green in the RGB with embedded clouds that are white) over the southern Marianas islands to one that is a bit dryer (more... Read More
The 3-panel animation above shows the 3 “Water Vapor” channels on GOES-R Satellites — Bands 8, 9 and 10 that sense emitted radiation centered at 6.19 µm, 6.95 µm and 7.34 µm, respectively. The date of these images is 24 May 2022, when SPC suggested a modest risk of severe... Read More
