Earth from Orbit
Jun 26, 2025
Lightning is a dangerous weather hazard that poses a significant threat to life and property. It can strike at any time, but is most common in the summer months.
Earth from Orbit
Jun 5, 2025
Since mid-May, NOAA satellites have been closely monitoring heat signatures and thick plumes of smoke (some stretching thousands of miles) from wildfires burning across Canada. Driven by heat, drought, and dry conditions, more than 160 fires kicked…
Earth from Orbit
May 23, 2025
NOAA satellites have been monitoring a potent and complex spring weather pattern responsible for nearly a week-long stretch of severe weather, including two destructive tornado outbreaks across the central U.S. from May 15–16 and May 18–20, 2025.
Satellite Snapshots
Apr 3, 2025
On April 2, 2025, NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite captured imagery of numerous severe thunderstorms erupting across the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys.
Satellite Snapshots
May 8, 2024
NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite watched severe thunderstorms push across the Midwest that spawned several damaging tornadoes.
Satellite Snapshots
May 3, 2024
NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite watched severe thunderstorms that brought tornadoes, damaging winds and flooding rain to eastern Texas and Louisiana from April 28–29, 2024.
Satellite Snapshots
Jul 10, 2020
At least two tornadoes touched down across parts of west-central and north-central Minnesota on Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
Satellite Snapshots
Mar 3, 2020
NOAA-20 satellite passed over a line of severe storms that spawned several tornadoes in central united states.