Imagery from the VIIRS Today website, shown below, shows the stark effects of the Lunar Eclipse on Day Night Band imagery. Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 passes over the east coast (shown below; it happened with NOAA-21 too!) lack the reflected moonlight that was available over the central/western United States after the lunar eclipse... Read More
Clean-window infrared imagery centered on the Samoan Islands on 9 March 2025, above, show convective development north of Upolu that subsequently shows a cyclonic circulation. This system was accompanied by Flood Warnings, Heavy Rain Warnings and Marine Warnings and Wind Advisories over all of Samoa (Facebook link). Gusts exceeding 70 km/hr... Read More
Early this morning at around 3:15 AM local time, an EF-0 tornado touched down in Pico Rivera, a community in Los Angeles County, California. It damaged several homes and knocked down numerous trees over the course of its mile-long path. Numerous instances of damaging winds were also reported, as seen... Read More
W-NW winds gusting in excess of 50 mph in the wake of a cold front lofted areas of blowing dust across parts of Texas on 12 March 2025, as seen in GOES-16 (GOES-East) Visible images (above). Blowing dust reduced the visibility to 1-1/2 miles at times along the Interstate 20... Read More
