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This before-and-after imagery of the Lower Mississippi River Valley shows the impact of heavy rainfall and flooding that struck the region in mid-February 2025.

In an era where satellites enable everything from weather forecasts to global communications, the invisible forces of space weather pose a growing threat.

As NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellites passed over Lake Erie on the night of Feb. 10, 2025, they detected moonlight reflecting off its icy surface.

February 13, 2020 Today, NOAA's network of Earth-observing satellites capture some 20 terabytes of environmental data every day as they orbit the…

The ozone band, part of the thermal infrared spectrum, allows us to track changes in the atmosphere near the tropopause with incredible detail, both day and night.

Since its launch a decade ago, NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) has played a crucial role in monitoring space weather.

When hazardous winter weather threatens, NWS forecasters can use a new tool with GOES and JPSS satellite data to better detect two dangers—blowing snow and freezing sea spray—helping protect lives.

Since Jan. 31, NOAA satellites have been closely monitoring a series of strong atmospheric rivers bringing heavy rain and mountain snow from central California to the Pacific Northwest, the Sierra, southern Cascades, and northern Rocky mountains.