A thermal signature of the #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #NG2 booster rocket was apparent in @NOAASatellites #GOESEast ABI spectral bands 8/9/10/16 (w/ a very subtle signature in Band 4) as it launched from @NASAKennedy in Florida. A signature of the rocket condensation cloud was seen in all 16 ABI Bands.

1-min #GOESEast Infrared images w/ an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density (large blue/cyan pixels) & GLM Flash Points (white dots) showed 3 brief signatures of lightning along the Indiana & Illinois coasts overnight - highlighting lake effect thundersnow. @nwschicago.bsky.social #ILwx #INwx

The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

Day 2 of transport of resuspended ash from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta-Katmai toward Kodiak Island. #AKwx

A thermal signature of the UPS Flight 2978 crash and resulting fire near Louisville International Airport (on November 4) was evident in both #GOESEast and #GOESWest, especially using the Next Generation Fire System -- details on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

True Color RGB images from #GOES19/#GOESEast showed the rapidly intensifying Hurricane Force Low south of the Canadian Maritimes -- which included the hazy signature of light being scattered by very high waves south-southeast of the storm center. @cyclone-fogarty.bsky.social

Beware the gales of November.

Now that #Melissa is behind us as a tropical system, we need to have an honest conversation about how the federal weather enterprise is still running because of volunteers & unpaid employees, and how this "shutdown" is not really a shutdown. https://tinyurl.com/2wk36686

After briefly intensifying to a Category 4 storm at 0300 UTC (between Jamaica and Cuba), Hurricane #Melissa later made landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm at 0710 UTC. The peak wind gust at Guantanamo (MUGM) was 75 kts (86 mph) at 0623 UTC.

The Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) satellite-derived intensity estimate peaked at 185 knots for #Melissa -- which, according to the developer at CIMSS, is the highest value to date for any tropical cyclone.

1-minute #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible images showed that soon after making landfall, the eye of Hurricane #Melissa became cloud-filled as the storm interacted with higher terrain on the western edge of Jamaica.

According to NHC, #Melissa made landfall along the SW coast of Jamaica at 1700 UTC.

1-minute #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible and Infrared images with plots of GLM Flash Points showed prolific lightning activity within the inner eyewall of Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa as it approaches the SW coast of Jamaica. Low-altitude mesovortices persist within the eye.

Sunrise on Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa south of Jamaica -- 1-minute #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible and Infrared images showed a nice "stadium effect" with the eye, and GLM Flash Points highlighted abundant lightning activity within the inner eyewall.

More imagery and details of Hurricane #Melissa are available on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

1-minute Mesoscale Sector #GOES19/#GOESEast Infrared images + GLM Flash Points showed #Melissa as it intensified from a Tropical Storm to a Hurricane at 1800 UTC. Since that time, a large convective burst developed and wrapped around the eastern semicircle of the hurricane.

I know I could get into trouble for posting the Antifa battle flag, but I'm gonna do it anyway.

It's the 50th Anniversary of the launch of GOES-1! Check out this CIMSS Satellite Blog post celebrating 50 @noaa.gov GOES animations, one (or more) for each state: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

ICYMI, satellite signatures of the SpaceX Starship Test Flight 11 on Monday evening (13 October) can be seen on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

Water Vapor images from #GOES18/#GOESWest with plots of 30-minute peak wind gusts (kts). Notable gusts included 80 kts (92 mph) at St. George in the Bering Sea (0700 UTC) and 75 kts (86 mph) at Cape Newenham on the SW coast of Alaska (1000 UTC). #AKwx

7 years ago today, Category 5 Hurricane #Michael made landfall along Florida's Gulf Coast. More imagery and details on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl... #FLwx

@daylightcounter.bsky.social you're on notice... theconversation.com/a-us-startup...

After further investigation, Enderlin tornado #1 in North Dakota on 20 June 2025 was upgraded to an EF-5 (the first EF-5 since 20 May 2013 in Moore OK!). More imagery and details on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl... #NDwx

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Thermal signatures of the Chevron #ElSegundo refinery fire near Los Angeles (on Thursday evening) were apparent in #GOES18/#GOESWest imagery and derived products -- more on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

1-minute Mesoscale Sector @noaa.gov #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible images depicted low-altitude mesovortices within the eye of #Humberto (along with cloud-top gravity waves). Humberto became a Category 5 hurricane as of 2100 UTC on 27 September: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

#GOES18/#GOESWest True Color RGB images revealed another well-defined episode of resuspended volcanic ash (from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta-Katmai) being transported across the Shelikof Strait and over parts of Kodiak Island: geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu#playing:true...; #AKwx

2.5-minute rapid scan #Himawari9 Visible images provided a phenomenal view of low-altitude mesovortices within the eye of Category 5 Super Typhoon #Ragasa, as the storm center approached islands within the Luzon Strait (between Taiwan and the Philippines).

2.5-minute rapid scan #Himawari9 Infrared images showed Super Typhoon #Ragasa as it reached Category 5 intensity at 0600 UTC on 21 September. There was a ~1 hour gap in 2.5-minute Target Sector images -- so 10-minute Full Disk images were substituted during the gap.

2.5-minute rapid scan #Himawari9 Visible and Infrared images showed the first few hours after sunrise on Category 4 Typhoon #Ragasa in the Philippine Sea. A partially-clearing eye is occasionally revealing the presence of low-altitude mesovortices.

Strong E-SE winds in the vicinity of #MountStHelens were resuspending loose surface volcanic ash that remained from the 1980 eruptions, and transporting it to the W-NW -- as seen in NOAA #GOES18/#GOESWest True Color RGB images: geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu#playing:true...; #WAwx

A look back at "Hurricane Huron" over Lake Huron on 14 September 1996, viewed using Visible images from @noaasatellite.bsky.social #GOES8/#GOESEast: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

10-minute Full Disk scan #GOES18/#GOESWest True Color RGB images showed the hazy plume of resuspended ash from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta/Katmai -- which was being transported across Shelikof Strait toward Kodiak Island. geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu#playing:true...; #AKwx

Southwest launches Operation Midway Blitz. Aircraft de-icing is mandatory.

During the lunar eclipse on 07 September, the Moon briefly blocked @NOAASatellites #SUVI images of the Sun. More on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

Aksarben seems to having regrets. Thought and tax revenue losses.

Area shitty president gets booed. Sad.

Chicago roads are looking pretty icy, might be time for some salt. Strange for September, but you can never be too prepared.

Not a cult...

Never underestimate the frost potential of the lands where my ancestors from Norway and Germany wisely came to homestead in the 1800s.

Did JD even say he was sorry?

Hurricane #Kiko rapidly intensified to a Category 4 storm on 03 September, as shown by 1-minute #GOES18/#GOESWest Visible and Infrared images (with an overly of GLM Flash Points). More details on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

River valley fog...and Cu among us...

Area man accused of Köppen it real.

Finally, some good news.

33 years ago (around 0831 UTC on 24 August 1992), Hurricane #Andrew made landfall along the east coast of South Florida as a devastating Category 5 storm -- as seen in @noaa.gov #GOES7 Infrared images. cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl... #FLwx @noaacomms.noaa.gov

1-minute #GOES18/#GOESWest Infrared images (combined with the Fire Mask derived product) showed that the #DollarLakeFire in northwest Wyoming produced a notable #pyrocumulonimbus cloud (shades of blues to reds) that drifted E across the state and over western South Dakota. #WYwx

Well, that settles it: now I'm definitely not voting for Trump in 2028.

Thank you for your attention to this laughter.