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NOAA-20 Watches Sandstorm Blow Over Canary Islands
NOAA-20 satellite zoomed in on a strong sandstorm that began blowing large amounts of reddish dust from the Sahara Desert.
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Two Contrasting Records of Heat and Snow Set in Anchorage, Alaska
February 21, 2020 On Feb. 18, 2020, GOES-West saw Anchorage, Alaska, set two records within a 24-hour period. According to the National Weather…
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Von Kármán Vortices Make Swirling Cloud Patterns off Canary Islands
GOES East spied spiral cloud eddies called von Kármán vortices off the Canary Islands on Feb. 20, 2020.
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Torrential Rain and Developing Cyclone Bulbul Threaten Bangladesh
NOAA-20 captured this image of Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal at the onset of Cyclone Bulbul, which has made its way across the Indian subcontinent.
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Rain Saturates The South
February 19, 2020 On Feb. 19, 2020, the GOES-East satellite viewed an ongoing storm system in the South, where an atmospheric river (AR) weather…
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Winter Weather and Wind Affecting Western and Southern Alaska
A strong area of low pressure is moving northward across Alaska’s eastern Aleutian Islands and western Peninsula. The system is…
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Frigid Air and Bitter Wind Chills Blast the Northern U.S.
February 14, 2020 On Feb. 13, 2020, the NOAA-20 satellite viewed cloud streets over Lake Superior, signifying a cold air mass on the move. In fact,…
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NOAA Takes Next Step Toward New Ideas for Future Satellites
To support global weather forecasting NOAA is looking for new ways to augment observations in low-Earth orbit made by the Joint Polar Satellite System
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