An impressive satellite view of large amounts of dust and smoke over Mexico and Texas yesterday afternoon.

The storms are still going strong as the sunrise illuminates them this morning while they continue to roll across the Plains and into parts of the Midwest.

Severe weather will continue to plague the Central US today with another bout of thunderstorms firing up later today.

From the High Plains to West Texas, nighttime storms continue to bring strong and severe weather across the Central US.

Large hail and some tornado reports have come from this system.

High resolution imagery of severe storms erupting tonight across the Central Plains.

Storms are beginning to pop-up across the Central Plains, with some already becoming severe.

In the Northern Hemisphere, springtime brings warmer conditions, observable by VIIRS infrared imagery.

IR imagery observes the temperature of Earth’s surface as well as the clouds above.

This imagery shows surface temps increasing in the Arctic as a result of warmer weather.

Briefly yesterday, the first tropical disturbance of 2024 in the Atlantic basin spun up. The area of low pressure saw some thunderstorm development, but was quickly dispersed by strong wind shear aloft.

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will officially begin on June 1st.

A large dust storm sweeps over Mongolia, China, and the Korean Peninsula on its way to Japan.

Off the eastern coast of North America, a strong low pressure system evolves.

A large majestic low churns in the Bering Sea between Alaska and Russia.

Extensive ice coverage is observed over Hudson Bay. Seen yesterday afternoon by NOAA-21 VIIRS.

Slowly moving thunderstorms bring heavy rain to portions of Paraguay.

Celestial views like this never get old.

Himawari-9 observed a quick hello from our friend, the Moon.

A marine layer blankets the west coast of the US in low stratus clouds while offshore clouds spiral around each other.

A system over the Mediterranean Sea brings snow to the Alps and dust storms to Libya.

Comparing these two products can help scientists locate regions of dust.

The CME that struck Earth last week resulting in dazzling lights across the skies of the northern and southern hemispheres.

This image shows the aurora borealis (top) and aurora australis (bottom) as seen from polar-orbiting satellites.

Polar-orbiting satellites captured an Arctic low north of Canada.

As the air moved over the rugged terrain of Banks Island, gravity waves were formed in the clouds.

A trio of back-to-back-to-back mid-latitude cyclones whorl across western North America.

Happy Earth Day!

This cool view shows nine different satellite products observed by GOES-16.

These products help highlight a variety of atmospheric processes.

As the sun warms the ground of the Yucatán Peninsula, cumulus clouds wash over the area.