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UW-Madison CIMSS

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NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (since 1980) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the birthplace of satellite meteorology.

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Nighttime Microphysics RGB and daytime True Color RGB images from NOAA Satellites #GOES18/#GOESWest revealed the cyclonic circulation of an actinoform cloud feature as it passed just north of the Hawaiian Islands on 30 July.

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ICYMI, Himawari-9 Ash RGB images captured a signature of the first recorded eruption of Krasheninnikov on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia, which began on August 2. More on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog…

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1-minute NOAA Satellites #GOES18/#GOESWest Infrared & Visible images (combined with the Fire Mask derived product) showed that the #LeeFire in northwest Colorado produced a #pyrocumulonimbus cloud (Infrared shades of blues to reds) just before sunset on 08 August. NWS Grand Junction #COwx

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1-minute NOAA Satellites #GOES19/#GOESEast Infrared images showed thunderstorms that produced very heavy rainfall and flash flooding across the metro Milwaukee area over the weekend. More on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog… #WIwx NWS Milwaukee

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Nighttime Microphysics RGB images from NOAA Satellites #GOES19/#GOESEast showed the rocket plume of the launch of EUMETSAT #MetopSGA1 from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana.

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Infrared images (combined with the Fire Mask derived product) from NOAA Satellites #GOES18/#GOESWest showed that the #MonroeCanyonFire in southern Utah produced a #pyrocumulonimbus cloud yesterday evening. NWS Salt Lake City #UTwx

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True Color RGB images from #GOES18/#GOESWest showed a plume of resuspended ash (from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta-Katmai) that was being lofted by strong NW winds & transported across the Shelikof Strait & Kodiak Island, emerging over the Gulf of Alaska:geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu/#playing:true;…;

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An eye was becoming more apparent on 1-minute Infrared images from #GOES19/#GOESEast as #HurricaneErin reached Category 2 intensity at 0300 UTC.

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Infrared images from NOAA Satellites #GOESEast showed that #Erin passed just to the south of Buoy 41043 -- which recorded a maximum wind gust of 66 knots (and a peak wave height of 29 feet). More details on Hurricane Erin on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog…

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Watch this line of thunderstorms pass over Madison from 4 rooftop cameras as it goes over our building, along with NOAA Satellites GOES-19 true color imagery. Live feed of rooftop cameras and GOES-East composites here: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/rtc_goes_…