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Leigh Orf's computer simulation of the 2011 El Reno EF5 multiple vortex tornado bears a striking resemblance to drone footage of the #Greenfield Iowa tornado. See the high resolution version of Orf's work at #IAwx

Leigh Orf's computer simulation of the 2011 El Reno EF5 multiple vortex tornado bears a striking resemblance to drone footage of the #Greenfield Iowa tornado. See the high resolution version of Orf's work at #IAwx

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In what could be good timing for #Guam, an eyewall replacement cycle has resulted in significant structural deterioration in Typhoon #Mawar over the past 4 hours.

In what could be good timing for #Guam, an eyewall replacement cycle has resulted in significant structural deterioration in Typhoon #Mawar over the past 4 hours.

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1-minute NOAA Satellites #GOESEast / #GOES19 True Color RGB images showed the motion of nearshore ice in southern Lake Michigan (along and just off the coast of Wisconsin and Illinois), with land-fast ice along the coast of Indiana.

1-minute NOAA Satellites #GOESEast / #GOES19 True Color RGB images showed the motion of nearshore ice in southern Lake Michigan (along and just off the coast of Wisconsin and Illinois), with land-fast ice along the coast of Indiana.

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33 years ago (around 0831 UTC on 24 August 1992), Hurricane #Andrew made landfall along the east coast of South Florida as a devastating Category 5 storm -- as seen in NOAA Satellites #GOES7 Infrared images. #FLwx

33 years ago (around 0831 UTC on 24 August 1992), Hurricane #Andrew made landfall along the east coast of South Florida as a devastating Category 5 storm -- as seen in NOAA Satellites #GOES7 Infrared images. #FLwx

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1-minute #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible and Infrared images with plots of GLM Flash Points showed prolific lightning activity within the inner eyewall of Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa as it approaches the SW coast of Jamaica. Low-altitude mesovortices persist within the eye.

1-minute #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible and Infrared images with plots of GLM Flash Points showed prolific lightning activity within the inner eyewall of Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa as it approaches the SW coast of Jamaica. Low-altitude mesovortices persist within the eye.

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Happy #SummerSolstice! Here's an animation of sunset everyday from NOAA Satellites #GOESEast between the winter solstice and today. Watch the seasons change due to the tilt of the earth and note how the sun's reflection moves from the southern to northern hemisphere!

Happy #SummerSolstice! Here's an animation of sunset everyday from NOAA Satellites #GOESEast between the winter solstice and today. Watch the seasons change due to the tilt of the earth and note how the sun's reflection moves from the southern to northern hemisphere!

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Signatures of the destructive wildfires on the island of #Maui in Hawai`i were seen in NOAA Satellites #GOES18/#GOESwest imagery -- more details on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: #HIwx NWSHonolulu

Signatures of the destructive wildfires on the island of #Maui in Hawai`i were seen in NOAA Satellites #GOES18/#GOESwest imagery -- more details on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: #HIwx NWSHonolulu

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1-minute #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible images revealed mesovortices within the eye of Category 5 Hurricane #Erin.
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1-minute #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible images revealed mesovortices within the eye of Category 5 Hurricane #Erin.

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On Saturday 3/28 you may have missed these vertically-propagating standing wave clouds over northeastern South Dakota. As seen by NOAA Satellites #GOES19 true color visible imagery generated by UW-Madison SSEC CSPP GeoSphere. More on the Blog:
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On Saturday 3/28 you may have missed these vertically-propagating standing wave clouds over northeastern South Dakota. As seen by NOAA Satellites #GOES19 true color visible imagery generated by UW-Madison SSEC CSPP GeoSphere. More on the Blog:

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18,777 views • 3 months ago

Mid-level Water Vapor images from NOAA Satellites #GOES19/#GOESEast showed that an outflow boundary from a decaying Mesoscale Convective System over northern Iowa (which produced a few wind gusts >50 knots) also created a vertically-propagating gravity wave that moved S and SW.
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Mid-level Water Vapor images from NOAA Satellites #GOES19/#GOESEast showed that an outflow boundary from a decaying Mesoscale Convective System over northern Iowa (which produced a few wind gusts >50 knots) also created a vertically-propagating gravity wave that moved S and SW.

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19,178 views • 11 months ago

1-minute #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible and Infrared images showed Hurricane #Erin as it rapidly intensified from a Category 4 to a Category 5 storm. There was an impressive amount of lightning activity within the inner eyewall of the pinhole eye.
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1-minute #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible and Infrared images showed Hurricane #Erin as it rapidly intensified from a Category 4 to a Category 5 storm. There was an impressive amount of lightning activity within the inner eyewall of the pinhole eye.

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14,910 views • 11 months ago

5-min NOAA Satellites #GOESEast Infrared images showed the initial period when t-storms produced very heavy rainfall across the Texas Hill Country - producing catastrophic flash flooding resulting in > 80 fatalities. More on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: #TXwx
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5-min NOAA Satellites #GOESEast Infrared images showed the initial period when t-storms produced very heavy rainfall across the Texas Hill Country - producing catastrophic flash flooding resulting in > 80 fatalities. More on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: #TXwx

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10,731 views • 1 year ago

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