Category: satellite

GOES-East satellite capturing snow, contrails, and more!

December 27, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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GOES, satellite

Yesterday we saw snow cover over Arkansas and eastern Texas and Oklahoma on satellite imagery. This morning, more cool-ness from 22,500 miles up! A visible […]
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GOES-14 comes out of hibernation to produce stunning satellite imagery

September 24, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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education, GOES, satellite, weather pics

I wanted to share the image below for a couple of reasons. If you aren’t familiar with it, this is a “full disk” […]
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Now you see it, now you don’t! Snow disappears from satellite imagery

January 26, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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satellite, snow

This morning, I described a satellite image that showed snow cover over all of west Tennessee. Well, we all know what happens to […]
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Snow cover on Wednesday morning satellite imagery

January 26, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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satellite, snow

One nice thing about clear skies after a snowfall (besides that it means it’s over!) is the ability to see the extent of […]
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Southeast U.S. snow cover still evident from 22,000 miles up!

January 13, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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satellite, snow

Snow remains on the ground across much of the interior southeast more than 72 hours after the winter storm dropped 3-10″+ across the […]
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Mid-South and national snow cover

January 12, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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satellite, snow

The January 2011 snow storm (or Mid-South Snow-pocalypse or snOMG) has let it’s mark on the region though things are starting to get […]
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Radar & satellite detect large outflow boundary nearing the metro

June 19, 2010

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Erik Proseus

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outflow boundary, radar, satellite

A large thunderstorm complex rumbled through the Ohio Valley overnight, producing a very large outflow boundary that can easily be seen on visible […]
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Interesting cloud phenomena to start the day

May 18, 2010

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Erik Proseus

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clouds, satellite

Did you see it? If you’re not an avid weather watcher, or even if you are, you may have missed it. Just after […]
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GOES-13 begins operational life as GOES-East

April 13, 2010

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Erik Proseus

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GOES, GOES-R, satellite

A new generation of weather-watching satellites comes online in an official capacity tomorrow, April 14, 2010 at 2:34pm CDT. At that time, GOES-13 […]
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Morning weather picture from 22,500 miles up

March 26, 2010

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Erik Proseus

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satellite

I found this morning’s visible satellite imagery to be rather interesting, so I thought I’d share. The remnants of one system and the […]
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Winter takes a short break; satellite indicates global warmth for January

February 18, 2010

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Erik Proseus

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satellite, winter weather

The cold weather pattern of the past few weeks has broken for just a few days as the Mid-South saw their first 50 […]
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GOES-14 produces first full disk infrared image

August 17, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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GOES, satellite

If you recall from a previous post on this blog, or from other sources, a new GOES satellite was launched into space aboard […]
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New GOES satellite reaches orbit

July 10, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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GOES, satellite

In case you missed it, Boeing/NASA/NOAA sent a new weather satellite into space onboard a Delta IV rocket back on June 27. This […]
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Weather wrap-up for Thursday, June 25

June 25, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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derecho, heat, satellite

The heat continues across the Mid-South, though a few degrees cooler than earlier this week and also less humidity, therefore Heat Advisories have […]
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View of snow from space

March 1, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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satellite, snow

Above you’ll see an image taken by the MODIS instrumentation aboard a Terra satellite (a Polar-Orbiting satellite) as it took it’s morning pass […]
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Radar and satellite of Ike prior to landfall

September 12, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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atlantic, ike, radar, satellite, tropical

Radar image from Houston as Hurricane Ike moves ashore. Eye wall moving into Galveston. Taken at 9:08pm CDT 9/12/08. Infrared (color) satellite shot […]
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