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Double cyclones over the Atlantic
GOES East Captures Dynamic View of the North Atlantic
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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Satellites Help Visualize the Polar Vortex
Thursday, January 21, 2021
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GOES West Spies Dynamic Cyclone in the North Pacific
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Winter Storm Leads to Historic Snowfall in Spain
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
NOAA-20 Views South Georgian Icebergs In Transition
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Maritime Stratocumulus Provide a Mesmerizing View
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Record-Setting Storm “Explodes” While Approaching Alaska
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
GOES East Closely Watching “Runaway” Iceberg
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
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Large Sand Storm Sweeps Across Argentina
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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Star-Crossed Solstice: The Shortest Day of the Year Coincides with the Great Conjunction
Monday, December 21, 2020
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GOES East Tracks the Season’s First Nor’Easter
Friday, December 18, 2020
GOES East Puts On Its Eclipse Glasses for a Unique View
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
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Desert Winds Blow Dust Plume Over Southwestern Argentina
Friday, December 11, 2020
GOES East Watches World’s Largest Iceberg Drift Beneath the Clouds
Thursday, December 10, 2020
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GOES East Captured Meteor Streaking Over New York State
Friday, December 4, 2020
NOAA’s GOES East Sees Powerful “Winter” Storm over Eastern U.S.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
“Holey” Clouds Over Michigan Aren’t a Miracle, but a “Supercool” Phenomenon
Monday, November 23, 2020
Cloud Streets and Gravity Waves Seen From GOES-East
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Hurricane Iota + GLM
Hurricane Iota Becomes 2020’s Strongest Hurricane; Threatens Central America
Monday, November 16, 2020
GOES-East Sees Deep Trough in the West
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Satellite Spots Smoke from Wildfires in South America
Friday, November 6, 2020
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NOAA-20 Views Tian Shan Mountains in China
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Hurricane Eta Heads toward Central America
Monday, November 2, 2020
GOES-East Watches Hurricane Zeta Strike
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Typhoon Swirls over the South China Sea while Smoke Blankets India
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
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GOES-East Spies Solar Flares and Eruptions
Friday, October 23, 2020
Epsilon Briefly Becomes Major Category-3 Hurricane
Thursday, October 22, 2020
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GOES-East Spies Newly-Formed Tropical Storm Epsilon
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Cameron Fire Becomes Colorado’s Largest Fire Ever
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Large Haboob Blows Across the High Plains
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Satellite Provides Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery of Hurricane Marie
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Delta Intensifies into a Major Hurricane
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
NOAA Satellites See the Birth of Tropical Storm Delta
Monday, October 5, 2020
The Tempest: Storm Alex Slams Into France
Friday, October 2, 2020
NOAA Satellites Watch as California Burns
Thursday, October 1, 2020
NOAA’s GOES-16 Sees the Autumnal Equinox
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
NOAA-20 Spots Rare Mediterranean Hurricane-Like Storm
Friday, September 18, 2020
August billion dollar disasters
At Least Four Billion-Dollar Disasters Struck the U.S. in August
Thursday, September 17, 2020
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NOAA-20 Shows Nighttime Lights and Hurricane Sally
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Six Tropical Systems Swirl Around Two Oceans
Monday, September 14, 2020
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120 Years Ago Today, the Great Galveston Hurricane Made Landfall
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Typhoon Maysak Soaks Southern Japan
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
GOES Satellites “See” The World in a Kaleidoscope of Colors
Friday, August 28, 2020
Hurricane Laura Crashes into Louisiana’s Coast
Thursday, August 27, 2020
GOES-West Saw an Eyeful from Space on Tuesday
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
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On This Day in 2017, Hurricane Harvey Slammed into Texas
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Tropical Storms Marco and Laura Give a One-Two Punch
Monday, August 24, 2020
NOAA Satellites Monitoring Massive Wildfires and Two Cyclones
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Hurricane Genevieve Swirls in the Pacific
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
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Death Valley May Have Hit Its Hottest Temperature in a Century
Monday, August 17, 2020
GOES-West Views Lake Fire’s Explosive Growth
Friday, August 14, 2020
Canada’s Milne Ice Shelf Collapses
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
GOES-East Watches Derecho Slam Midwest
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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NOAA Satellites Focus On Smoke from Fires across South America
Friday, August 7, 2020
NOAA Updates 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Heavy Snow in the Andes has GOES-East Seeing Red this Winter
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Nishinoshima Volcano Erupts Near Tropical Storm Hagupit
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Apple Fire Takes a Bite Out of California’s Landscape
Monday, August 3, 2020
Saharan Dust Continues To Blow Over the Atlantic; Hurricane Isaias Forms Near the Bahamas
Friday, July 31, 2020
Siberian Smoke Swirls Over Alaskan Coast
Thursday, July 30, 2020
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GOES-West “Eyes” Hurricane Douglas in the Pacific
Friday, July 24, 2020
GOES-East Witnesses the Birth of Tropical Storm Gonzalo
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Wyoming Supercells Cause Hail on Earth
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
A Cluster of Storms Clamor Over West Coast of Florida
Friday, July 17, 2020
JPSS Satellites Monitor Historic Flooding in China
Thursday, July 16, 2020
A View of Deadly Minnesota Thunderstorms from Earth Orbit
Friday, July 10, 2020
NOAA-20 Spots Fires Burning in Central Africa
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
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“Wagon Wheel” Clouds Drift Toward Hawaii
Thursday, July 2, 2020
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Haboob Tube: GOES-West Watched Intense Dust Storm Sweep across Nevada
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Saharan Air Layer Leaves Cuban Storm in the Dust
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Extraordinary Heat and Massive Fires are Scorching Siberia
Monday, June 22, 2020
NOAA Satellite Tracking Dust and Sand Being Blown from Sahara Desert
Thursday, June 18, 2020
GOES-East Zooms in on Wildfires in the West
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
GOES-West Spies Ship Tracks Over the Eastern Pacific
Monday, June 15, 2020
Hot Air and Dust Blow Over Tulsa
Friday, June 12, 2020
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GOES-East Zooms in on “Supercool” Cloud Phenomenon Over Florida
Thursday, June 11, 2020
NOAA Satellites Watch Cristobal’s Birth and Path in the Gulf Of Mexico
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
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Largest Solar Flare Since 2017 Spotted on the Sun
Friday, June 5, 2020
Tropical Cyclone Nisarga Hits Western Coast of India
Cyclone Nisarga Makes Landfall in India, Largely Spares Mumbai
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
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Storm System Kicks Up Dust and Sand from Gobi Desert
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
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NOAA’s Newest Polar-Orbiting Satellite Celebrates a Milestone
Friday, May 29, 2020
West Coast Water Vapor/Omega Block Set Up
Building Omega Block Scorches Southern California
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
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“Once-In-A-Decade” Storm Battered Western Australia This Weekend
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
NOAA Satellites Capture Flooding from Dam Failure in Midland, Michigan
Thursday, May 21, 2020
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Tropical Cyclone Amphan Heads Toward India and Bangladesh
Monday, May 18, 2020
Typhoon Vongfong Forms, Kicking Off the West Pacific Typhoon Season
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Smoke (And A Glint) In GOES-East’s Eye During Florida Fires
Friday, May 8, 2020
World’s Largest Iceberg Loses Big Chunk, but Keeps Title
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Derecho Sweeps Across the Nation’s Midsection
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
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GOES-East Watches Line of Supercell Thunderstorms Over Nebraska
Monday, May 4, 2020
Derecho Outflow Interacts with Sierra Madre Cloud Formation
Friday, May 1, 2020
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Fires Ignite Near Oil Tank Facility On Lake Maracaibo
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Long Squall Line Seen on GOES-East
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
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GOES-East Watches Thunderstorms Blossom Over Cuba
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Photo of Continental US and California Coast
GOES-West Shows Stationary Cloud Cover Over Bay Area, Causing Strong Sunlight on Ground
Monday, April 27, 2020
Photo of Southern Africa and the Namib Desert
Explore the Namib Desert of Southern Africa
Friday, April 24, 2020
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Storms Plow Through the South, Bringing Deadly Tornadoes
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Photo of Globe, Western Hemisphere
On Earth Day, Explore The 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Origins of Earth
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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Two Cyclones Swirl in the North Pacific
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Photo of Continental US and Gulf of Mexico
This Day in History: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Occurred
Monday, April 20, 2020