Search
News
![NOAA’s GOES-16 Sees the Autumnal Equinox](/s3/migrated/SpringToFallEquinox2020.gif)
It’s officially autumn in the Northern Hemisphere—the season when days get shorter as that half of the world heads toward…
News
![Earth from Orbit: Spring Snowstorm Hits U.S.](/s3/2022-04/2022_04_14_SpringSnowStorm_STILL_NO_TEXT.png)
NOAA satellites have been closely monitoring the late-season winter storm that brought snow to parts of the Pacific…
News
![Star-Crossed Solstice: The Shortest Day of the Year Coincides with the Great Conjunction](/s3/migrated/smallsolsticelogo.gif)
The winter solstice took place at 5:02 a.m. EST today, and will be closely followed by the Great Conjunction, the closest…
News
![NOAA-20 Views Power Outages across Texas](/s3/migrated/20210216-HoustonDNB.gif)
Following a historic winter storm across the central/southern U.S. this week, the NOAA-20 satellite caught the resulting…
News
![Powerful Storm System Seen by GOES West](/s3/2021-07/20190313_midwestG17outlineB.png)
GOES West captured this view of a powerful winter storm system on March 13, 2019 that is projected to sweep across much of…
News
![Sierra Nevada Snowpack on the Decline](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
March 02, 2020 On March 2, 2020, GOES-West saw limited snow cover on the Sierra Nevada range in California, due to the dry…
News
![VIIRS Track a Massive Ice Storm](/s3/2021-09/news-117b.png)
As a winter storm moved through the Northeast U.S. the weekend of Jan. 21-22, some 40 million residents watched the…
News
![NOAA Retires GOES-13 Satellite After 10 Years of Stellar Service](/s3/migrated/1446v1_sandy.jpg)
Makes way for next generation of weather imagery! NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite has captured some of the most notorious weather…
News
![Everything From Snow to Flooding Rain Across the U.S.](/s3/migrated/2019-12-23-2.jpg)
For the holidays, a low pressure system in the Southeast provides an interesting contrast to more wintery weather in the…
News
![Here’s How Satellite Data Helps Forecasters Issue Snow Squall Alerts](/s3/migrated/SNOW_SQUALLS_resized2.png)
If you have a smartphone, you’ve likely received a severe weather alert warning of an impending flash flooding event, a…
News
![JPSS Data Used for Predicting and Monitoring Atmospheric Rivers](/s3/2021-10/news-image-61-a-sm.jpg)
Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder instruments help forecasters monitor and predict drought-related weather patterns like…
News
![NOAA’s Updated U.S. Climate Data Will Establish “New Normal”](/s3/migrated/Anthony-Arguez-reviews-ENSO-Normals.jpg)
Climatologists from NOAA NCEI are currently compiling and reviewing 30 years of weather and climate data to serve as the…
News
![Third Nor'easter in 10 Days Impacts New England](/s3/migrated/20180313-noreaster.png)
NOAA's GOES East satellite (GOES-16) captured the Nor'easter storm over the East Coast this morning (13:15 UTC).…
Page
![Training Initiative](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
Data products created by weather satellites turn the ones and zeros transmitted from space into useable information for…
Page
![Hydrology Initiative](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
JPSS program satellites monitor all types of water globally through weather satellite data. This initiative seeks to best…