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Typhoon Saola heads to Hong Kong
Pie de Foto: 01 September 2023, China, Hong Kong: A NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite image shows Typhoon Saola (L) brushing past Hong Kong as it makes landfall in coastal China. To the right, farther out to sea, Typhoon Haikui was moving west toward Taiwan. Photo: Suomi Npp/Noaa-Nasa/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Record rainfall and flash flooding in St. Louis
GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window images (above) showed the development of an elongated cluster of training thunderstorms that was responsible for producing record rainfall and flash flooding in the St. Louis, Missouri area on 26 July 2022. The coldest cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures were around -75 C. A Suomi-NPP VIIRS Infrared Window image valid at 0802 UTC image displayed a large Mesoscale Convective System as it was beginning to move away from the St. Louis (KSTL) area.
Day Night Band imagery after Ida
Day Night Band imagery after Ida August 30th, 2021 | Scott Lindstrom Suomi NPP (0740 UTC) and NOAA-20 (0830 UTC) VIIRS Day Night Band visible (0.7 µm) imagery on 30 August 2021 (Click to enlarge) Day Night Band imagery from the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radio-Spectrometer) instrument on Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 allows satellite-borne estimates of power outages after strong storms.
Subtropical storm in the South Pacific
Subtropical storm in the South Pacific May 27th, 2021 | Scott Bachmeier GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 um) images [click to play animation | MP4] GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 um) images (above) showed the development of a subtropical storm in the South Pacific Ocean (just northeast of New Zealand) on 27 May 2021. Surface analyses from the New Zealand Met Service are available here.
Eruption of Mount Etna
Eruption of Mount Etna March 24th, 2021 | Scott Bachmeier Meteosat-11 Ash Height images [click to play animation | MP4] EUMETSAT Meteosat-11 Ash Height retrievals from the NOAA/CIMSS Volcanic Cloud Monitoring site (above) showed that an eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy on 24 March 2021 produced an ash cloud which rose to heights of 7-8 km (darker shade of green).
Winter over the Great Lakes as viewed by VIIRS
Winter over the Great Lakes as viewed by VIIRS February 3rd, 2021 | Scott Lindstrom NOAA-20 VIIRS True-Color imagery over the Great Lakes, 1809 UTC on 3 February 2021 (Click to enlarge) A rare, mostly clear day over the Great Lakes (and favorable orbital geometry) allowed NOAA-20, above, and Suomi-NPP, below, to image all 5 Great Lakes in one scene.
Total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017 - a satellite perspective
* GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testing* GOES-16 CONUS Sector images (at 5-minute intervals) GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images [click to play animation] During the total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017, the lunar umbra was evident on imagery from the GOES-16 0.5 km resolution (at satellite sub-point) “Red” Visible band (0.64 µm) (above) and 1.0 km resolution Near-Infrared “Vegetation” band (0.86 µm) (below).
Shadow of partial solar eclipse
Shadow of partial solar eclipse October 23rd, 2014 | Scott Bachmeier GOES-15 0.63 µm visible channel images McIDAS images of GOES-15 (GOES-West) 0.63 µm visible channel data (above) showed the west-to-east progression of the lunar umbra (the Moon’s shadow) from a partial solar eclipse that occurred on 23 October 2014.
Northern California’s Bear Fire produces a pyrocumulonimbus cloud
Northern California’s Bear Fire produces a pyrocumulonimbus cloud September 9th, 2020 | Scott Bachmeier GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm, top left), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm, top right), Fire Temperature RGB + GLM Flash Extent Density (bottom left) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm, bottom right) [click to play animation | MP4] 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm), Fire Temperature Red-Green-Blue (RGB) + GLM Flash Extent...
1 week of volcanic cloud emission from Nishioshima
1 week of volcanic cloud emission from Nishioshima August 1st, 2020 | Scott Bachmeier Himawari-8 Ash RGB images, from 25 July to 01 August 2020 [click to play animation | MP4] JMA Himawari-8 Ash Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images created using Geo2Grid (above) displayed the nearly continuous volcanic cloud emanating from Nishinoshima during the 1-week 25 July to 01 August period. Brighter shades of pink in the Ash RGB images suggest a higher concentration of ash within the volcanic cloud.
Virgin Galactic Announces Date for World’s First Virtual Reveal of Spaceship Cabin Design
Virgin Galactic Announces Date for World’s First Virtual Reveal of Spaceship Cabin Design Press Release From: Virgin Galactic Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2020 Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic” or “the Company”), a vertically integrated aerospace company, today announced that SpaceShipTwo’s cabin interior design reveal will take place on July 28, 2020. The virtual event will be streamed live on YouTube.
NASA Science Mission Directorate Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Research Job Announcement
NASA Science Mission Directorate Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Research Job Announcement Status Report From: NASA Science Mission Directorate Posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 NASA's Science Mission Directorate anticipates releasing a USAJOBS announcement to fill the position of Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Research (ADAAR) in Washington, DC.
Severe thunderstorms across the Upper Midwest
Severe thunderstorms across the Upper Midwest July 17th, 2020 | Scott Bachmeier GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (with and without an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density) [click to play animation | MP4] 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images — with and without an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density (above) — showed the development of a large Mesoscale Convective...
Fancy some time on the Lake? ACSPO SSTs show the warmest (and coolest) waters
Fancy some time on the Lake? ACSPO SSTs show the warmest (and coolest) waters July 1st, 2020 | Scott Lindstrom ACSPO Lake Surface Temperatures over Lakes Erie and Ontario, early morning on 01 July 2020 (Click to enlarge) Advanced Clear-Sky Processing of Oceans (ACSPO) Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs or, in this case, Lake Surface Temperatures, LSTs) are available via an LDM feed from CIMSS for insertion into AWIPS.
Beyond Earth Institute Releases New Insights on Human Space Expansion
Beyond Earth Institute Releases New Insights on Human Space Expansion Press Release From: Beyond Earth Institute Posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Space policy think tank the Beyond Earth Institute has revealed new research findings in a report titled, "Policy Recommendations to Accelerate the Establishment of Communities in Space." The report is the result of series of interviews with seven thought leaders within space policy, education, and exploration.
ATMS imagery available via LDM from CIMSS
ATMS imagery available via LDM from CIMSS June 18th, 2020 | Scott Lindstrom GOES-16 ABI Band 13 (10.3 µm) “Clean Window” infrared imagery and Suomi-NPP ATMS 89.2 GHz Brightness Temperature 0753 UTC on 18 June 2020 (Click to enlarge) CIMSS can now supply 88.2 GHz imagery from the Direct Broadcast antennas in Madison. Data from the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) on Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 is processed by CSPP and is provided via an LDM feed.
Saharan Air Layer dust continues to stream over the Atlantic Ocean
Saharan Air Layer dust continues to stream over the Atlantic Ocean June 17th, 2020 | Scott Bachmeier GOES-16 Split Window Difference (10.3 µm – 12.3 µm) and Dust RGB images, with surface reports plotted in blue [click to play animation | MP4] As a follow-up to this 15 June blog post, GOES-16 (GOES-East) Split Window Difference (10.3 µm – 12.3 µm) and Dust RGB (Red-Green-Blue) images (above) displayed signatures of another dense plume of Saharan Air Layer dust — which appeared as shades of...
53rd anniversary of the first image from a meteorological satellite
53rd anniversary of the first image from a meteorological satellite April 1st, 2013 | Scott Bachmeier Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the first image from the meteorological satellite TIROS-1, which was available on 01 April 1960 (above). While TIROS-1 was only operational for 78 days, it provided a number of images of the Earth and cloud systems (including the first image of a tropical cyclone, over the South Pacific Ocean on 10 April 1960).
NASA CFO Jeff DeWit Is Leaving NASA
NASA CFO Jeff DeWit Is Leaving NASA Status Report From: NASA HQ Posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 To my wonderful NASA coworkers and colleagues whom I will miss so much, As you may have already heard, I'm leaving my position as CFO of NASA, and my last day in the office will be this Thursday, February 13th. Many of you know that it is been a sacrifice for my family as they are in Arizona, and I have only been commuting back about one weekend of every three on average.
Blowing dust across the Canary Islands and Atlantic Ocean
Blowing dust across the Canary Islands and Atlantic Ocean February 23rd, 2020 | Scott Bachmeier GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images, with plots of hourly surface reports [click to play animation | MP4] GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the onset of a 2-day event of dense plumes of blowing sand/dust known locally as a Calima — with Western Sahara and Morocco being the primary source regions — which moved across the Canary Islands and the adjacent East...
Typhoon Kammuri in the West Pacific Ocean
Typhoon Kammuri in the West Pacific Ocean November 30th, 2019 | Scott Bachmeier Himawari-8 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4] 2.5-minute interval JMA Himawari-8 AHI “Clean” Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed a large canopy of cold cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures (BTs) associated with Category 1 Typhoon Kammuri in the West Pacific Ocean on 30 November 2019.
Chesapeake Bay effect snow in North Carolina
Chesapeake Bay effect snow in North Carolina January 1st, 2018 | Scott Bachmeier Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images at 0710 UTC, with plots of 07 UTC surface reports [click to enlarge] Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images (above) showed a well-defined Chesapeake Bay “streamer” cloud at 0710 UTC or 3:10 AM local time on 01 January 2018.
Eruption of the Raikoke volcano in the Kuril Islands
Eruption of the Raikoke volcano in the Kuril Islands June 21st, 2019 | Scott Bachmeier Himawari-8 False Color RGB images [click to play animation | MP4] For the first time since 1924, a major eruption of the Raikoke volcano occurred just after 18 UTC on 21 June 2019.
Cyclone Fani makes landfall in India
Cyclone Fani makes landfall in India May 3rd, 2019 | Scott Bachmeier EUMETSAT Meteosat-8 Infrared Window (10.8 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4] EUMETSAT Meteosat-8 Infrared Window (10.8 µm) images (above) showed the intensification of Cyclone Fani to a high-end Category 4 storm on 02 May 2019 (ADT | SATCON), before eventually making landfall in northeastern India on 03 May.
Satellite signatures of a “sting jet”
Satellite signatures of a “sting jet” January 4th, 2018 | Scott Bachmeier GOES-16 Lower-level (7.3 µm) images, with hourly plots of buoy and ship reports [click to play MP4 animation] Satellite signatures of a phenomenon known as a “sting jet” have been shown previously on this blog here, here and here.
Tropical Cyclone Veronica north of Australia
Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images at 1716 UTC [click to enlarge] A toggle between Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images (above) showed Category 4 Cyclone Veronica off the northern coast of Western Australia at 1716 UTC on 21 March 2019. Ample illumination from a Full Moon maximized the “visible image at night” capability of the Day/Night Band.
Strong cyclone near Antarctica
Strong cyclone near Antarctica March 26th, 2019 | Scott Bachmeier Composites of geostationary and polar orbiter Infrared imagery [click to play animation] Composites of Infrared imagery (above) and Water Vapor imagery (below) from the AMRC site showed an anomalously strong (MSLP | 925 hPa winds | source) cyclone that was moving southeastward across the South Pacific Ocean toward the coast of Antarctica on 26 March 2019.
Cyclone Idai makes landfall in Mozambique
Cyclone Idai makes landfall in Mozambique March 14th, 2019 | Scott Bachmeier Meteosat-8 Infrared Window (10.8 µm) and DMSP-17 SSMIS Microwave (85 GHz) images of Cyclone Idai at 1630 UTC [click to enlarge] Cyclone Idai — which had been slowly intensifying over warm water within the Mozambique Channel since 09 March — made landfall as a Category 2 storm along the coast of Mozambique on 14 March 2019.
Strong midlatitude cyclone north of Hawai’i
Strong midlatitude cyclone north of Hawai’i February 10th, 2019 | Scott Bachmeier GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images [click to play MP4 animation] * GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational * GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images from the AOS site (above) showed the distinct circulation of a strong midlatitude cyclone that was centered just north of Hawai’i on 10 February 2019.
PyroCumulonimbus cloud in Australia
PyroCumulonimbus cloud in Australia January 25th, 2019 | Scott Bachmeier Himawari-8 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm, top), Shortwave Infrared (3.7 µm, middle) and Infrared Window (10.3 µm, bottom) images [click to play to animation | MP4] JMA Himawari-8 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.7 µm) and Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed the development of a pyroCumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud from a bushfire that was burning in the eucalypt forests of eastern Victoria, Australia on 25...
Strong jet stream over the North Pacific Ocean
Strong jet stream over the North Pacific Ocean January 2nd, 2019 | Scott Bachmeier GOES-17 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images, with 250 hPa wind isotachs [click to play animation | MP4] * GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational * GOES-17 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images with an overlay of 250 hPa wind isotachs from the GFS90 model (above) showed a string of disturbances along the axis of a 180-knot “Japan Jet” on 02 January 2019.
Eruption of Mount Etna in Italy
Eruption of Mount Etna in Italy December 24th, 2018 | Scott Bachmeier VIIRS True Color RGB images from NOAA-20 (at 1110 and 1220 UTC) and Suomi NPP (at 1154 UTC) [click to enlarge] A sequence of VIIRS True Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images from NOAA-20 and Suomi NPP viewed using RealEarth (above) showed the volcanic ash plume from an eruption of Mount Etna in Italy on 24 December 2018.
Fog/stratus dissipation in southern Louisiana
The topic of a conversation on Twitter , GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) imagesrevealed curious circular areas of fog/stratus dissipation across southern Louisiana on the morning of 30 October 2018 . — making it a natural candidate for the “What the heck is this?” blog category.
CIMSS Satellite Blog
GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window ( 10.3 µm ) imagesshowed Willa during the 48 hours that it rapidly intensified ( ADT SATCON ) from a Tropical Storm at 15 UTC on 20 October to a Category 5 Hurricane at 15 UTC on 22 October 2018. Willa — which became the third Category 5 hurricane of the 2018 season in the northeast Pacific basin (east of 180º longitude) — formed and had been moving over very warm water, with Sea Surface Temperatures of 29-30ºC.
Tornado outbreak in Iowa
GOES-16 (GOES-East) Upper-level Water Vapor ( 6.2 µm ), Mid-level Water Vapor ( 6.9 µm ), Low-level Water Vapor ( 7.3 µm ) and “Red” Visible ( 0.64 µm ) imagesrevealed the well-defined signature of a middle-tropospheric lobe of vorticity moving from southeastern South Dakota across Iowa during the day on.
Eruption of Kilauea in Hawai’i
Heightened activity of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawai’i had been ongoing since April 2018, but increased further in early May ( Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ) — and GOES-15 (GOES-West) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) imagesshowed the nearly persistent thermal anomaly or “hot spot” (dark black to red enhancement) from 03-05 May. An M6.9 earthquake occurred near the summit of Kilauea at 2233 UTC on 04 May.
Minor explosive eruption of Kilauea in Hawai’i
An explosive eruption from the Halema’uma’u crater at the Kilauea summit on the Big Island of Hawai’i occurred around 1550 UTC on 19 May 2018. Using Himawari-8 data, multispectral retrievals of parameters such as Ash Cloud Heightand Ash Loadingfrom thesite helped to characterize the volcanic ash plume.
Hurricane Harvey makes landfall
* GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testing * As Hurricane Harvey moved across warm waters in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (SST | OHC), it continued to intensify (ADT | SATCON) to a Category 4 hurricane just before making landfall (which occurred around 03 UTC on 26 August 2017, or 10 pm local time on 25 August).
Snowfall across the Deep South
GOES-13 (GOES-East) Visible (0.63 µm) imagesshowed a broad swath of snow cover from Louisiana to Virginia on 09 December 2017. Some notable storm total accumulations included 6.5 inches at Kentwood, Louisiana, 7.0 inches at Bay Springs, Mississippi, 12.0 inches at Jacksonville, Alabama, 2.0 inches at Century, Florida, 18.0 inches at Mountain City, Georgia, 7.0 inches near Roan Mountain, Tennessee, and 25 inches at Mt. Mitchell State Park, North Carolina.
Day 7 of the Thomas Fire in Southern California
The Thomas fire began burning around 6:30 PM local time on 04 December ( blog post ) — and on 10 December 2017, GOES-15 (GOES-West) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) imagesrevealed that the fire showed little signs of diminishing during the nighttime hours, but in fact began to exhibit a trend of intensification around 05 UTC or 9 PM local time.
Super Typoon Lan in the West Pacific
A plot of the Advanced Dvorak Technique for Typhoon Lanshowed that the tropical cyclone underwent a period of rapid intensification during the 00-12 UTC period on 20 October 2017. A 24-hour animation of Himawari-8 rapid-scan (2.5 minute interval) Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (below) revealed the development of a very large eye during the 20 October/06 UTC to 21 October/06 UTC period.
Total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017 - a satellite perspective
* GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testing* The umbral shadow was evident on imagery from the 0.5 km resolution (at satellite sub-point) GOES-16 0.64 µm “Red’ Visible bandand 1.0 km resolution 0.86 µm Near-Infrared “Vegetation” band The shadow was also prominent in other Visible and Near-Infrared bands, as shown in a 4-panel comparison of GOES-16 “Blue” Visible ( 0.47 µm , upper left), “Red” Visible (0.64 µm, upper right), “Vegetation” (0.86...
Eruption of the Villarrica volcano in central Chile
There was an explosive eruption of the Villarrica volcano in central Chile on the morning of 03 March 2015; the Buenos Aires VAAC issued their first volcanic ash advisory based upon initial detection on 06:38 UTC GOES-13 imagery, although media report and blog sources indicated that the eruption started closer to 06:00 UTC (3 am local time).
Mesovortex over Lake Michigan
** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. ** A Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) image (above) revealed the formative stage of a mesoscale vortex over Lake Michigan at 0740 UTC or 2:40 AM Central time on 12 March 2017. During the subsequent daylight hours, GOES-16 Visible (0.64 µm) images (below) showed the continued development and motion of the mesovortex.
Northeast US winter storm
A strong winter storm impacted much of the Northeast US on 09 February 2017, dropping up to 19 inches of snow in Massachusetts and Connecticut and producing wind gusts of 70 mph in Massachusetts ( WPC storm summary ). GOES-13 (GOES-East) Water Vapor (6.5 µm) images with surface fronts and Mean Sea Level Pressureshowed the rapid intensification of the mid-latitude cyclone.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee wildfires
Wildfires had been burning in the Great Smoky Mountains for a few weeks (see previous blog posts ), but weather conditions became conducive to extreme fire behavior on 28 November 2016 — this allowed wildfires south of Gatlinburg, Tennessee to race rapidly northward (driven by strong southerly winds gusting to 30-40 knots, as seen in Knoxville KTYS located about 25 miles northwest of Gatlinburg). Widespread evacuations were necessary, and at least 3 fatalities were reported.
Week’s Best Space Pictures: A Dust-Free Galaxy Sparkles
The galaxy IC 1613, seen here by the European Southern Observatory, is a celestial neat freak. Many galaxies are filled with dark dust, but this one contains very little, allowing astronomers to see its contents with great clarity.
CIMSS Satellite Blog
NOAA-20 VIIRS Imagery (Image bands I01 (0.64 µm), I03 (1.61 µm) and I05 (11.45 µm)) at 23:25 UTC on 8 April 2019 (Click to enlarge) Polar2Grid is Python-based software created at CIMSS/SSEC to process data from Polar Orbiting satellites into useful imagery (or into files that can be imported directly into the National Weather Service Advanced Weather Information Processing System (AWIPS) for display).
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