5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible and Infrared images (above) showed a couplet of thunderstorm cells that moved toward the South Texas coast during the afternoon hours on 01 May 2026 — which produced hail, an EF1-rated tornado and damaging wind gusts as high as 119 mph (SPC Storm Reports | NWS Corpus Christi damage survey).GOES-19 Infrared images (below) showed... Read More

One of the defining characteristics of spring in the upper midwest is a land surface that warms up much more quickly than the many lakes do. There’s a couple of reasons for this: water itself has a higher heat capacity than soil does, sun penetrates into the lakes somewhat which... Read More