GOES-16 Upper Level Water Vapor (Band 8, 6.19 µm) infrared imagery, 0611-1611 UTC on 5 August 2024 (Click to enlarge) Strong convection developed over southern Lake Michigan early in the morning on 5 August, as depicted in the animation above.

Hourly estimates of Total Precipitable Water from MIMIC, 1800 UTC 3 August – 1700 UTC 4 August 2024 (Click to enlarge) MIMIC Total Precipitable Water fields, above (source), for the 24 hours ending at 1700 UTC 4 August 2024, show

The Park Fire developed to the northeast of Chico California on 24 July. Day Night Band visible imagery, below (from here), shows the fire over the course of the next four days. It grew very quickly on the 25th and

Geosphere Night Microphysics RGB imagery on 11 July 2024, below, shows a signal developing over (what was eventually called) the Cow Valley fire in rural eastern Oregon. The new fire developed just north of the Bonita Springs fire and to

Starting on June 19, 2024, there was a large haboob (“wall of dust”) over New Mexico and nearby regions. This was captured by both GOES-18 (1-min “mesoscale”) and GOES-16 (5-min “Contiguous U.S.”) ABI imagery. What is shown is the CIMSS

GOES-18 Land Surface Skin Temperature, 1501 UTC 9 July 2024 – 0301 UTC 10 July 2024 (Click to enlarge) Oregon has seen triple-digit (o Fahrenheit) heat in early July 2024. (Here are records for 9 July) The animation below shows