Satellite Liaison Blog

In southern Egypt, near one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, lies several bodies of water that stand out in the sandy expanse of the Sahara Desert. Known as the Toshka Lakes, they are endorheic, and are very suspectable to evaporation in the hot and dry environment. The lakes are sustained from water […]

Wild weather that’s typical of Spring didn’t disappoint last week. While Denver received nearly a half foot of snow, severe storms and flash flooding struck the Deep South. The NWS Weather Prediction Center (WPC) issued a Slight Risk for Excessive Rainfall in their Day 4 Excessive Rainfall Outlook (ERO) issued at 2027 UTC 03 May […]

Winds gusting over 35 mph and recently tilled fields resulted in widespread blowing dust across central Illinois on Monday, 4 May 2026. Water vapor imagery captured a very broad and persistent upper low centered north of Lake Superior, with an associated westerly upper jet draped across the Midwest (Fig. 1). Along the southern periphery of […]

Early on 22 April 2026, low stratus and fog developed over the southern part of Lake Michigan and began moving toward the Wisconsin shoreline. NWS Milwaukee monitored the evolution of the low cloud deck by leveraging satellite imagery in combination with surface-based observations. From NWS Milwaukee early morning AFD update on the 22nd: “GOES Satellite […]

Sinlaku was the first monster typhoon of the 2026 season, reaching Category 5 intensity with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph. The typhoon impacted U.S. territories, including Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, bringing strong winds and heavy rainfall. The NESDIS Ensemble Tropical Rainfall Potential (eTRaP) product provided situational awareness to the Guam NWS Weather [&#...