5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) True Color RGB and Ash RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) showed plumes of blowing dust that were lofted by strong winds on the back side of a midlatitude cyclone on 12 May 2026. The surface source of much of this blowing dust was recently-plowed agricultural fields in North Dakota,... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) GeoColor RGB images with an overlay of Next Generation Fire System (NGFS) Fire Detection polygons (above) provided a view of the thermal signature, pyrocumulus clouds and smoke associated with the Max Road Miramar Fire Fire  —  which began burning in the Florida Everglades (just west of the Miami – Fort Lauderdale... Read More

Edit: NWS Honolulu Science and Operations Officer (SOO) Robert Ballard graciously provided some insight into this case, and this post has been updated with his input. Thanks, Bob!In the morning hours of 8 May 2026, some interesting low level cloud plumes appeared over or near the Hawaiian island of Oahu.... Read More

10-minute Full Disk scan JMA Himawari-9 True Color RGB and Ash RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) showed the volcanic cloud resulting from an eruption of Dukono (on the Indonesian island of Halmahera), which began at 2241 UTC on 07 May 2026. Changes in wind direction/speed with height resulted in a... Read More