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The future of weather satellites is almost here, and the Satellite Liaisons provide near real-time examples of the GOES-R and JPSS demonstration products.
Satellite Liaison Blog
3d ago
A mid-May storm-force low made its way into the Bering Sea on 14 May 2024. The 1800 UTC 13 May 2024 NWS Ocean Prediction Center (OPC) Surface Analysis showed a low pressure system developed in the Sea of Okhotsk, with a minimum central pressure of 1001 mb. By 1200 UTC 14 May 2024, the central ..read more
Satellite Liaison Blog
1w ago
Snow fell across the Rockies and High Plains while severe storms and flooding struck the Central and Southern U.S. as May got off to an active start. From 06 to 07 May 2024, a potent low pressure system slowly trekked from Wyoming to South Dakota, reaching a minimum pressure of 980 mb at 1200 UTC ..read more
Satellite Liaison Blog
1w ago
An active period of severe weather struck the central/southern plains from late April through the first third May 2024. In this blog post, we’ll investigate the April 30 event over the southern plains. On April 30, a narrow line of severe thunderstorms developed from Texas through Iowa. Early signs of convective initiation along a dryline ..read more
Satellite Liaison Blog
2w ago
This Satellite Liaison Blog showcases the use of satellite imagery to monitor storms, including the experimental OCTANE Speed Sandwich product, as well as diagnosing fog, using the Nighttime Microphysics RGB. Heavy rain and severe thunderstorms hit the Southern Plains during the last weekend of April as moist, southerly air streamed northward from the Gulf of ..read more
Satellite Liaison Blog
3w ago
The GOES-East Sea Spray RGB captured sea spray in the southern and eastern quadrants of a storm-force low in the Western Atlantic on 23 April 2024. The Sea Spray RGB depicts sea spray by combining visible and infrared (IR) bands and is available for the GOES-East, GOES-West, Himawari-9, Meteosat-9/10, and JPSS satellites. Sea spray can ..read more
Satellite Liaison Blog
1M ago
GOES-East Proxyvis captured low-level cloud features in the North Atlantic on 08 April 2024. Proxyvis mimics visible imagery at night by combining several infrared (IR) bands and is available for the GOES-East, GOES-West, Himawari-9, and Meteosat-9/10 satellites. Low-level cloud features at night over the ocean can be easier to track using Proxyvis rather than traditional ..read more
Satellite Liaison Blog
1M ago
A total solar eclipse took place across North America on 8 April 2024, and was visible from western Mexico, through the south-central and northeastern US, and into far eastern Canada. NOAA GOES and JPSS satellites captured imagery of the total eclipse from above. This blog post will share a variety of GOES ABI and JPSS ..read more
Satellite Liaison Blog
1M ago
A strong storm system moved into the central Plains on Sunday, March 24. The 0000 UTC 25 March 2024 NWS Weather Prediction Center (WPC) surface analysis showed the low pressure with a minimum central pressure of 983 mb in southeast Colorado. The previous blog post discussed the severe storms that fired along a dryline and ..read more
Satellite Liaison Blog
2M ago
An upper trough digging far south to near the US/Mexico border brought strong winds to a broad region, resulting in widespread blowing dust. Winds gusts in excess of 50 mph were reported at many stations across eastern New Mexico and west Texas. GOES-East Water Vapor imagery and RAP analysis captured the evolution of the storm ..read more
Satellite Liaison Blog
2M ago
Several large wildfires developed near the Virginia/West Virginia border by mid-March. These fires, collectively, became known as the “North Zone Complex”. A few of the largest fires of the complex included the Waterfall Mountain/Shenandoah Forest/211 Fire (>6200 acres), the Waites Run Fire (>4300 acres), and the Capon/Brush Run Fire (>2600 acres). Based off of GOES ..read more