True-color imagery, above, shows the evolution of the Remington Fire in extreme northern Wyoming on 22 August 2024. (Geography note: The Wyoming/Montana border in the image is at 45oN Latitude). The initial report for this fire occurred at 8:07 AM (MDT)/1407 UTC on 22 August 2024 (note that the time... Read More
VIIRS Day Night Band imagery from the Direct Broadcast site in Honolulu, above, shows Hurricane Hone as it passes south of South Point on the Big Island of Hawai’i on 25 August 2024. NOAA-21, Suomoi-NPP and NOAA-20 viewed the storm at 1130, 1154 and 1218 UTC, respectively. Data were processed at the antenna with... Read More
Hourly imagery from the CSPP Geosphere website (link), above, shows the progress and evolution of Tropical Storm Hone (upgraded from a tropical depression at 2100 UTC on 22 August) over the central Pacific Ocean. There is a decrease in the amount of cold cloud tops associated with the storm over the course of the... Read More
GOES-18 Visible imagery, above, from the CSPP Geosphere site, shows Gilma and Tropical Invest #91E (the invest became a tropical depression at 1500 UTC on 22 August; see below) at around 17oN latitude on 21 August 2024 in the tropical eastern Pacific. The animation below shows the same scene on 20 August, and the organizational improvement in the invest... Read More
