1-minute imagery to monitor deep convection for flooding potential across American Samoa
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1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) displayed areas of convection that moved across American Samoa on 01 June 2024 (1-minute imagery was requested by NWS Pago Pago to monitor the approach of thunderstorms, since they had issued a Flood Watch for the islands — and they lack radar coverage). Although there was a... Read More