A significant Saharan dust plume is currently affecting the eastern Atlantic Ocean, cooling the region and potentially impacting the upcoming hurricane season. Satellite imagery from various sources, including GOES-East and Himawari satellites, has captured the extensive reach of the dust, which has been swept up by a low pressure system. This phenomenon, common during this time of year, is being closely monitored due to its implications for weather patterns across Southern Europe, with Rome expecting thick haze, and its potential cooling effect on ocean temperatures in the Eastern Atlantic, which could influence hurricane activity.
GOES-18 noon hour full Pacific, false color. With a missing data block. @carlreinemann @CadiereGerald @drmna_info @ensembleator @RyanVoutilainen https://t.co/CWLCl70N5q
First mid-level water vapor Pacific shot of the day from my GOES-18 ground station here in Vancouver. https://t.co/BnTA6bUlnz
First false color Pacific of the morning, with the terminator approaching Hawaii. GOES-18 as received and processed with my @nooelec ground station here in Vancouver. Amazing to pull in these wonderful images with fairly basic gear. @ElijahBman @WestSeaWx @bc_news_addict https://t.co/txsGISsQwf
More interesting space weather this morning. A "zap" is underway as this shot is taken. Briefly attenuating up to around 25 MHz. Shot from HamClock. https://t.co/ES2FmblwTp
Another big "zap" affecting radio signals propagation is underway at 1645 UTC. This one is centered on the Americas. Not clear how big it will be. @TamithaSkov @CadiereGerald @RyanVoutilainen @K3TripleR @spaceweather @drmna_info @ZSsixSHN @eschecter @SWRadiogram https://t.co/nBOkp6LkP7
View of Aviation Hazards 04/18 real-time #GOESEast/#GOESWest #ABI Fog/Low Stratus (#FLS) Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) products. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/iSe83SLza8 #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/Zf50PAzrpj
MesoScale Sector Coverage today 04/18 real-time #GOESEast, #GOESWest Meso1/Meso2 enhanced IR sectors and #Himawari8 Target/Floater enhanced IR sectors. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/huaf4K8iPo #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/bctO23Gecu
View of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean basins today 04/17-18 real-time #UWSSEC Infrared and #NESDIS HydroEstimator Global composites. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/rLL7TX5yXG #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/hY1IBjVIEI
View of the Tropical Atlantic basin featuring #SaharanDust plume today 04/18 real-time #GOESEast ABI Full Disk True Color Visible product. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/9EV2Eq6gXd #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/sE5luHjt3Q
View of the North Atlantic/Pacific basins today 04/18 #GOESEast #ABI True Color product. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/um0pDr2nYF #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/CwKDLWfiPU
View of the Pacific basin today 04/18 real-time #GOESWest ABI Full Disk True Color product. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/o0bfYxZMAP #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/H36ev4vXSu
View of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean today 04/18 real-time #GOESEast True Color and #NESDIS HydroEstimator products with #GLM Lightning overlay. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/8GXFzjhZs5 #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/xfCslwPg37
View of South America today 04/18 #GOESEast ABI True Color and Sandwich IR products with #GLM Lightning Group Density overlay. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/n6lHlmJvbF #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/aEMDAyoOcg
Global view today 04/18 real-time #UWSSEC SDS hourly Infrared and RainRate composites. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/BI41WZvYzs #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/u2mqyX1lW2
Global view today 04/18 real-time #UWCIMSS #MIMIC Total Precipitable Water (TPW) composite. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/Q7wruXdNLY #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/r6FFddEFsO
Global view 04/17-18 real-time #Landsat 8 and 9 LOOK Natural Color orbit swaths. Use this link to view hi-res imagery along the swath paths-> https://t.co/8fk6MhOht3 #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/4jGYNLcVY5
View of Europe today 04/17-18 real-time #UWSSEC Infrared and #NESDIS HydroEstimator Global composites. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/D1kVpMrT8M #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECReaEarth https://t.co/PlXUOAgexT
View of Africa and the Indian Ocean today 04/17-18 real-time #UWSSEC Infrared and #NESDIS HydroEstimator Global composites. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/ruCKxYHAQn #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/jPc1U0ZzFG
View of Australia today 04/17-18 daylight hours #Himawari #AHI True Color and Infrared products. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/TBW6lxzVsE #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/MqrNx9hMyN
View of the Western Pacific basin today 04/17-18 real-time #Himawari #AHI True Color and #UWSSEC Global Infrared products. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/0oM3yinbkW #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/qMfMSwcmpN
Mid-level Pacific water vapor, 1:30 PM PDT, from GOES-18. Received and processed with my own @Nooelec ground station here in Vancouver. @bc_news_addict @Weatherman2709 @WestSeaWx @CadiereGerald @CT1ETE @phi48 @vlad_rad https://t.co/n9r7tDkWfW
Latest false color from GOES-18 at 1:22 PM PDT. Received and processed here in Vancouver. These are typically 14-15 meg files. Here we have full disk illumination. @bc_news_addict @ChuckDalldorf @WhidbeyWXGuy @RandySmall @WestSeaWx @GetConnectedNow @HowesNathan https://t.co/4E57etOEu4
A huge plume of Saharan dust is now visible on satellite loops coming off of Africa into the eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean. https://t.co/7ygIr5Q2RX
Dust from the Sahara Desert pollutes the skies over the Eastern Atlantic Ocean today. https://t.co/euAL6khj44
Sand and dust from the Sahara Desert pollutes the skies over the Eastern Atlantic Ocean today. https://t.co/Wz9wGjAu1Y
A little weather "fax" action as relayed through GOES-18 to my ground station here in Vancouver. Feels like cheating to pull this in so clearly at 1.7 GHz rather than via HF. :) @SV2HWM @CT1ETE @CadiereGerald @SWRadiogram @K3TripleR @drmna_info https://t.co/Hwyj62gA3s
First false color of the morning from GOES-18, as the terminator reaches Hawaii. Received and processed wit hmy own @Nooelec / GOEStools system here in Vancouver. @MMadryga @CT1ETE @SV2HWM @WestSeaWx @RandySmall @bc_news_addict @MikeKlassen https://t.co/HiJqv5ibjY
Rebound! For HF radio signals that is, following yesterday's zaps and CME arrivals. Always interesting to follow changes in propagation. That's why I keep HamClock running on a big screen in my radio room :) @TamithaSkov @CadiereGerald @K3TripleR @HowesNathan @SunWeatherMan https://t.co/oYvP5quEGJ
View of Aviation Hazards 04/17 real-time #GOESEast/#GOESWest #ABI Fog/Low Stratus (#FLS) Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) products. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/nvNanpfJ5h #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/JaAdl8Urz0
MesoScale Sector Coverage today 04/17 real-time #GOESEast, #GOESWest Meso1/Meso2 enhanced IR sectors and #Himawari8 Target/Floater enhanced IR sectors. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/yymPyPqIVK #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/Y1PpTOASDP
View of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean basins today 04/16-17 real-time #UWSSEC Infrared and #NESDIS HydroEstimator Global composites. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/XbeaOeKVDd #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/pXfj24HbOV
View of the North Atlantic basin today 04/17 #GOESEast #ABI True Color product. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/Bujw8mqrq7 #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/nfbXhdh1hd
View of the Pacific basin today 04/17 real-time #GOESWest ABI Full Disk True Color product. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/5TUd92LySa #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/nwo4DdNuGD
View of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean today 04/17 real-time #GOESEast True Color and #NESDIS HydroEstimator products with #GLM Lightning overlay. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/jUTg43RsLe #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/oNV6ppLNe7
View of South America today 04/17 #GOESEast ABI True Color and Sandwich IR products with #GLM Lightning Group Density overlay. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/0My2mTRLu2 #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/6f4Gr3ZaYV
Global view today 04/17 real-time #UWSSEC SDS hourly Infrared and RainRate composites. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/lSskcOlYrK #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/jhCtscZWTR
Global view today 04/17 real-time #UWCIMSS #MIMIC Total Precipitable Water (TPW) composite. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/kZrOZrr9Q6 #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/9IUzawHKHz
Global view 04/16-17 real-time #Landsat 8 and 9 LOOK Natural Color orbit swaths. Use this link to view hi-res imagery along the swath paths-> https://t.co/LcRHsITtMm #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/cZ0AKlERzF
View of Europe today 04/16-17 real-time #UWSSEC Infrared and #NESDIS HydroEstimator Global composites. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/b6mccQu7JF #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECReaEarth https://t.co/gGNdhNoLNQ
View of Africa and the Indian Ocean today 04/16-17 real-time #UWSSEC Infrared and #NESDIS HydroEstimator Global composites. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/XIDfTgas3F #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/ivwP7iHiPe
View of Australia today 04/16-17 daylight hours #Himawari #AHI True Color and Infrared products. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/hUitoNMFys #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/F5ie0eiws2
Late evening captures from a high angle pass by NOOA-18 over Metro Vancouver around midnight. V-dipole standing vertically, @Nooelec NESDR Mini 2+. @bc_news_addict @MMadryga @Weatherman2709 @WestSeaWx https://t.co/3afGhVwQ2m
View of the Western Pacific basin today 04/16-17 real-time #Himawari #AHI True Color and #UWSSEC Global Infrared products. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/2AUixxVxtU #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/kMpyeFJqam
Another solar "zap" is underway right now, at 0330. Centered for SE Asia and Oceania. HF signals attenuation. @TamithaSkov @eschecter @CadiereGerald @drmna_info @SWRadiogram @K3TripleR https://t.co/1kIMt0Aord
GOES-18 full disk, false color, 2:52 PM PDT. As received and processed with my own ground station here in Metro Vancouver. @TamithaSkov @Weatherman2709 @RandySmall @ensembleator (thanks!) @HowesNathan @JWagstaffe @_VA7LM @CadiereGerald @SV2HWM @CT1ETE https://t.co/zkRzw2Ohmm
Latest shot from GOES-18. Received and processed here in Vancouer with my own GOES-18 station. https://t.co/RdlOs4hTPU
Wild on the space weather front. Big SFI, big negative Bz. Bad HF conditions. Auroral action underway elsewhere. Will it last into North American evening? @TamithaSkov @bobmackin @RyanVoutilainen @KGordonGlobalBC @HowesNathan @SV2HWM @ZSsixSHN @RandySmall @JWagstaffe https://t.co/n0GPHcmLkR
Huge Saharan dust blob cooling the eastern Atlantic https://t.co/HZgt0YhLD0
This #TimelapseTuesday, check out this 10+ hour loop via @NOAA's #GOESEast 🛰️ from yesterday. Here, a large amount of dust from the Saharan Desert is being swept gracefully up into a low pressure system over the Atlantic. What a beautiful dance! https://t.co/oguvpxbcoU
MesoScale Sector Coverage today 04/16 real-time #GOESEast, #GOESWest Meso1/Meso2 enhanced IR sectors and #Himawari8 Target/Floater enhanced IR sectors. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/WEWSgsbMCZ #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/QZVp81Ikw7
View of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean basins today 04/15-16 real-time #UWSSEC Infrared and #NESDIS HydroEstimator Global composites. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/KHwTZaJpBG #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/PUAGkQankH
View of the Tropical Atlantic basin featuring #SaharanDust plume today 04/16 real-time #GOESEast ABI Full Disk True Color Visible product. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/7NdVlJbID1 #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/TZ1Q1pcBZj
View of the North Atlantic basin today 04/16 #GOESEast #ABI True Color product. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/EVThoqMTpG #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/ozDcCV7Jkj
View of the Pacific basin today 04/16 real-time #GOESWest ABI Full Disk True Color product. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/whwbBohDgc #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/eRQRsj9QPp
View of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean today 04/16 real-time #UWSSEC Global Infrared and #NESDIS HydroEstimator products with #GLM Lightning overlay. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/CZ1vRzkM9m #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/GSGFMRyeMp
View of South America today 04/16 #GOESEast ABI True Color and Sandwich IR products with #GLM Lightning Group Density overlay. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/HEp6KEOZ84 #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/8btSN7bD9m
Global view today 04/16 real-time #UWSSEC SDS hourly Infrared and RainRate composites. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/YgAbGaQBbw #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/Vx4qeNe6ha
Global view today 04/16 real-time #UWCIMSS #MIMIC Total Precipitable Water (TPW) composite. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/6Y6ASYJisl #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/YJZlEnGvYl
Global view 04/15-16 real-time #Landsat 8 and 9 LOOK Natural Color orbit swaths. Use this link to view hi-res imagery along the swath paths-> https://t.co/wpAGfhzg20 #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/SihB06RF5t
View of Europe today 04/15-16 real-time #UWSSEC Infrared and #NESDIS HydroEstimator Global composites. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/fhQlVY2SZG #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECReaEarth https://t.co/jrQKKrSMcN
View of Africa and the Indian Ocean today 04/15-16 real-time #UWSSEC Infrared and #NESDIS HydroEstimator Global composites. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/xKR7G7hI4Y #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/9hRsH9198U
View of Australia today 04/15-16 daylight hours #Himawari #AHI True Color and Infrared products. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/ZTbKGvRNz1 #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/DNhdgVGCuL
View of the Western Pacific basin today 04/15-16 real-time #Himawari #AHI True Color and #UWSSEC Global Infrared products. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/pyvQLOyFPF #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/s4OSqgpnku
View of the Western Pacific basin featuring TC #Paul today 04/15-16 real-time #Himawari #AHI True Color and #UWSSEC Global Infrared products. See a hi-res version here-> https://t.co/pyvQLOyFPF #RealEarth™ #UWCIMSS @SSECRealEarth https://t.co/JOGVu2o0Hv
Zap! Another hiccup from the sun. Centered around 1944 UTC, about an hour ago, during the noon hour here in the Pacific time zone. Wiped out the 20 m band at my location. 10 and 15 m bands are good. @TamithaSkov @CadiereGerald @SWRadiogram @drmna_info @ensembleator @steeletalk https://t.co/19S0YXmLWD
That time of year again: Dust in the wind. Huge blob of Saharan dust in the east Atlantic and over Southern Europe, due to a very dynamic wind pattern over that region. Rome is about to get some thick haze. East Atlantic has cooled some due to strong easterly wind and dust 1/ https://t.co/cLhwRxs0RI
A strong low pulls dust from the Sahara Desert over the eastern Atlantic Ocean. https://t.co/q4qiRKQ76n
What Europe's Saharan dust plumes may mean for hurricane season https://t.co/y7EmRHD2CW
Latest full disk illuminated false color, Pacific, from GOES-18 at 1:25 PM PDT. Beautiful shot from this amazing geostationary satellite. @CadiereGerald @WhidbeyWXGuy @Weatherman2709 @WestSeaWx @HowesNathan https://t.co/yud5xNNO8F
Final sliver of the day of the false color imagery from GOES-18. Most of the Pacific, at least westward to New Zealand, is in night. https://t.co/7tp5iTMDmo