These data maps from NOAAView show estimates of rainfall in California during the month of February in 2015 (l), 2016 (c), and 2017 (r). As is evident from the deeper shade of blue in the image on the right, the state received far more rainfall...
The end-of-summer minimum extent in 2016 tied for the second-smallest on record. In November, the usual seasonal expansion of the ice cover actually reversed course for nearly a week. This retreat shows up in the animation: watch the ice cover between Greenland and Russia. The...
GOES East captured this visible image of the strong winter storm affecting the Northeast and parts of the Mid-Atlantic on February 9, 2017. According to the National Weather Service’s Eastern Region, “a strong coastal winter storm will bring significant impacts to portions of the northern Middle...
Smoke plumes from a smattering of fires burning in the southeastern states of Louisiana and Mississippi bend toward the East in this image captured by the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on January 31, 2017. According to information from atmospheric...
These color-enhanced composite images captured by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite in 2016 (left) and 2017 (right) show just how much the recent West Coast rains have swollen California’s lakes and rivers down slope of the...
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured this true-color image of a huge plume of smoke rising into the atmosphere off the coast of central Chile on January 27, 2017. According to National Geographic, strong winds and minimal...
The Hawaii island chain is seen at the western extent of GOES-16, NOAA’s next-generation geostationary satellite! Captured at 1:07pm EST on January 15, 2017 and created using several of the 16 spectral channels available on GOES-16’s sophisticated Advanced Baseline Imager, this image is among a handful...
This true-color image from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite shows the amount of snow cover in the Sierra Nevada mountains on January 29, 2017. The series of storms that hit the area over the past several weeks...
IMSG scientist Brad Ferrier presenting his poster “NMMB Model Changes as Part of the NAMv4 Upgrade” at the 2017 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. D ...
IMSG scientist Jing Cheng presenting her poster “The Development of Data Assimilation System for the Regional Rapid-Refresh Model within the Enterprise Integrated Aviation Weather System (eIAWS ™)” at the 2017 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. D ...