A recent blog post detailed a heavy rain event over the Kona section of Hawai’i, and the rain occurred several hours after NOAA-20 overpasses that included an unfortunately-placed data gap that included the Big Island of Hawai’i. Thick clouds over the region meant geostationary satellites could not provide information about the thermodynamics surrounding Hawai’i. The image below shows the early morning NOAA-20 orbits on this day. The pass just after 1100 UTC was far... Read More

The Canadian wildfire season has been off to an early start since the beginning of May, impacting air quality in parts of the United States since mid-May. Now, smoke from Quebec fires is back and affecting areas of the U.S. again, transporting as... Read More