Clik here to view.
Remote Islands VI: Return to Gough
You youngins are not old enough to remember, but we took a look at Gough Island before. Well, not directly, but as part of the British territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha eight...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ice, Ice, Baby
A winter storm moved through the Northeast U.S. over the weekend of 19-20 January 2019. This Nor’easter was a tricky one to forecast. Temperatures near the coast were expected to be near (or above)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the Disappearance of Lake Mille Lacs
Two weeks ago, one of Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes disappeared, leaving them with only 9,999. And, it wasn’t a small one, either. It was the state’s second largest inland lake. But, this is not like Goose...
View ArticleClik here to view.
December Fluff
By now, you probably know the drill: a little bit of discussion about a particular subject, throw in a few pop culture references, maybe a video or two, then get to the good stuff – high quality VIIRS...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UHF/VHF
Take a second to think about what would happen if Florida was hit by four hurricanes in one month. Would the news media get talking heads from both sides to argue whether or not global warming is real...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Germany’s Magic Sparkle
You may or may not have heard that a small town in Italy received 100 inches (250 cm; 2.5 m; 8⅓ feet; 8 x 10-17 parsecs) of snow in 18 hours just last week (5 March 2015). That’s a lot of snow! It’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sehr Schweres Unwetter in NRW
Not having full command of the German language, “sehr schweres Unwetter” seems like an understatement. It translates as “very bad thunderstorm,” which in this case is like calling the Titanic a “very...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Severe Weather in the Mesosphere
So far (*knock on wood*), it’s been a pretty quiet year for severe weather. If you only count tornadoes, there have been 81 tornado reports from 1 January to 4 April this year. (11 of those have come...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rare Super Typhoon in the Pacific Ocean
If you pay attention to tropical cyclones, that headline may be confusing. Unlike the Super Cyclone in the Indian Ocean we just looked at, Super Typhoons are not rare in the Pacific Ocean. There have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rare Super Cyclone in the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean has just had its first Super Cyclone since 2007. The name of it is “Phailin” and I bet you just pronounced it incorrectly (unless you speak Thai). It’s closer to “PIE-leen” than it is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greenland Eddies and Swirls
Last time we visited Greenland, it was because VIIRS saw evidence of the rapid ice melt event in July 2012. We return to Greenland because of this visible image VIIRS captured on 18 October 2012: VIIRS...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Daniel, Emilia and Fabio, oh my!
It’s been a while since we last looked at some tropical cyclones with VIIRS. If you don’t keep up to date on tropical activity, you might not know there that have been a few. Granted, since Debby...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Wild Week of Wildfires
The last few weeks have been filled with lightning-ignited wildfires across the United States. The County Line Fire, along the Florida-Georgia border was caused by lightning on 5 April 2012 and burned...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Catatumbo Lightning in the Day/Night Band
You may have noticed that many of the recent posts have featured imagery from the VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB). That’s because the nighttime imagery produced by the DNB is so awesome! The DNB has seen...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Popocatépetl, the Smoking Mountain
According to legend, Popocatépetl was a great warrior whose girlfriend, Iztaccíhuatl, died because her father was a jerk who lied. (An alternate story is that it was a rival warrior who was a jerk who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Last Line of Storms from the 14 April 2012 Tornado Outbreak
The second major tornado outbreak of the year took place on 14 April 2012 (after the 2 March outbreak that slammed Indiana and Kentucky). At last count, 115 tornadoes were reported from Oklahoma to...
View Article
