VISIT: Meteorological Interpretation Blog

During late January 2026, a historic winter storm impacted millions of people across the central and southern United States, producing significant snow, sleet and ice accumulations that led to a flurry of airport delays and cancellations, impassable roadways for motorists, damage to infrastructure, power outages, and cold temperatures. This blog entry focuses on the significant Continue Reading

After the start of the new year, hot, dry, and windy conditions were conducive to bushfires erupting over southeastern Australia. The fires were primarily observed in the state of Victoria, where the capital city of Melbourne resides. According to the broadcast outlet, 10-News Melbourne, approximately 400,000 hectares (or ~980,000 acres) were burned over the region, Continue Reading

Earlier this week, the Big Island of Hawaii received snow over the volcanic summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. Both summits are 13,000 plus feet above sea level, where they can accumulate snowfall, typically throughout Hawaii’s wet season (October through April). On Monday, 5 January 2026, winter storm warnings forecasted high winds and 5-10 Continue Reading

Last week, a few fires erupted within Yuma County, located in northeastern Colorado. The fire hotspots were first captured by geostationary satellites at ~0500 UTC, 18 December 2025, after cloud cover moved out of the region. GOES-19 5-minute infrared imagery shows the hotspots in white and red pixels at 2-km spatial resolution. At ~0630 UTC, Continue Reading

Over the past three weeks, tule fog blanketed the California Central Valley, oscillating in size and extent across the region. The 400+ mile long, ~50+ mile wide valley, was inundated with fog that led to reduced ground visibilities for motorists and aviation, along with bringing cooler temperatures to the area. The VIIRS instrument from JPSS Continue Reading

Earlier this week, a significant dust storm impacted the Chubut and Santa Cruz Provinces of southern Argentina. A strong low-pressure system, initially located in the South Pacific Ocean, traversed through the Andes Mountain Range and exited into the South Atlantic Ocean, which brought hurricane force winds that supported the development of the dust storm. Widespread Continue Reading

Last night, a severe geomagnetic storm produced an impressive aurora that could be seen across CONUS and observed as far south as Florida. The storm identified as a G4 level event described by the NOAA Space Weather Scale, which can disrupt technology on Earth, such as GPS/radio communications, electrical grids and cell towers. The JPSS Continue Reading

A powerful Category 5 – Hurricane Melissa made landfall across western Jamaica on 28 October 2025. The hurricane brought strong winds (as high as 185 miles per hour), torrential rainfall and storm surge to the island, while inducing life threatening flooding, power outages, and damage to airports causing flight cancellations or delays. After the hurricane Continue Reading

By J. Torres (CIRA), C. Dierking (GINA) and J. Delamere (GINA). In Early October 2025, Typhoon Halong developed in the north Philippine Sea, skirted near Japan and eventually trekked eastward into the north Pacific Ocean. The storm became post-tropical, but continued to travel eastward through the north Pacific, then traversed through the Aleutian Islands and Continue Reading

Dense Fog Advisories blanketed the high plains earlier this morning, extending from Nebraska to Wyoming and northern Colorado. National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) published social media posts online to remind the general public of how dense the fog could be, with less than a 1/4 mile visibility possible across their respective County Continue Reading