Satellite Snapshots
The VIIRS instrument onboard the NOAA-20 satellite captured this imagery of an unusual mid-latitude cyclone swirling around the Black Sea.
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NOAA satellites captured von Kármán vortices streaming around Guadalupe Island. These are vortex patterns in stratocumulus clouds near islands.
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The Partnership for Public Service has released the finalists for their prestigious Service to America Medal (Sammie), which honors exceptional accom
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Mark Eakin, a renowned, recently retired NOAA oceanographer, is a 2021 Career Achievement Finalist (SAMMIE Award).
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NOAA hosted the 2nd Workshop on Leveraging AI in Environmental Sciences virtually from 30 July 2020 through 25 February 2021. The purpose of the works
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Severe thunderstorms struck Texas. The storms formed along a dry line—a boundary between moist and dry air. The storms caused hail and tornadoes.
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NOAA’s GOES East satellite saw a large occluded low pressure system (mid-latitude cyclone) swirl in the East Labrador Sea between Canada and Greenland
Satellite Snapshots
GOES East captured amazing visible imagery of large thunderstorms as they erupted over Texas. The Geostationary Lightning Mapper tracked lightning