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Satellite imagery of Edouard makes landfall in Louisiana on September 1, 2026.
GOES East Observes Tropical Storm Edouard Making Landfall in Louisiana
Sep 2, 2026
On September 1, 2026, NOAA’s GOES East satellite captured imagery of Tropical Storm Edouard making landfall in Louisiana at 2:20 p.m. CDT.
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Smoke from the Canadian Wildfires blocking out the Sun on July 15, 2026.
NOAA Satellites Played Critical Role in Monitoring Historic Smoke Event
Aug 25, 2026
On July 13, 2026, numerous wildfires ignited in the remote forests of northwestern Ontario, Canada, near the Minnesota border. By the following day, the fires had undergone explosive growth, producing dense smoke that spread rapidly into the…
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Thick grayish smoke blankets the Pacific Northwest in satellite imagery from NOAA's GOES West satellite.
NOAA's GOES West Satellite Monitors Smoke from Pacific Northwest Fires
Aug 4, 2026
NOAA satellites have been capturing imagery of the smoke from wildfires burning across the Pacific Northwest.
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NOAA Satellites Monitor Western Wildfire Outbreak
Jul 2, 2026
NOAA satellites are monitoring significant wildfire activity across the western United States.
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Visible (band 2) imagery from NOAA's GOES East (GOES-19) satellite from June 2, 2026 shows long, narrow bands of clouds stretching across the sky that lined up with many of the major roads and highways in Houston, Texas. .
NOAA Satellite Captures Rare Imagery of “Interstate-Induced” Clouds
Jun 5, 2026
A NOAA satellite captured imagery of a rare phenomenon where clouds formed directly above roadways in Houston, Texas.
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A view of Artemis II re-entering the atmosphere, as seen by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument onboard GOES West.
NOAA’s GOES West Watches Artemis II Crew Return Home
Apr 13, 2026
Artemis II appears as lightning to NOAA's GOES West satellite.
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One Year of GOES-19 as GOES East
Apr 7, 2026
It’s been one year since NOAA’s latest geostationary satellite, GOES-19, entered service as GOES East. Since then, it has provided critical data for high-impact events across the country.
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NOAA’s GOES West Watches Record Heat Wave
Mar 19, 2026
As record heat bakes the western U.S. this week, NOAA’s GOES West satellite tracked the atmospheric setup for this extreme heatwave.