True-color imagery from the CSPP Geosphere site, above, is annotated to identify a wildfire in progress. This is one of several fires over Oregon, as evidenced by the widespread smoke that is present across the region. The animation below, shows the evolution during the day of the fires. Pyrocumulonimbus (PyroCB)... Read More
GOES-18 Visible imagery, above, over the Samoan Islands, shows a variety of cloud structures moving from north to south over the Samoan Islands, especially over the smaller islands of American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu/Olosega and Ta’u). The animation below, covering about the same time span, shows GREMLIN radar estimates. GREMLIN is... Read More
The radiosonde profile from the balloon launch just before 0000 UTC 7 September, above, (imagery from the Wyoming Sounding site), shows a very moist airmass, with saturation from the surface up to 400 hPa, and relative dryess above that level. Total Precipitable Water was 63 mm.NOAA-20, NOAA-21 and Metop-C all provide NUCAPS (NOAA-Unique Combined Atmospheric... Read More
Lightning dashboard for Bismarck Airport, North Dakota.
