CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS-NOAA WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 10, 2026

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New CIMSS Webpage for Advanced Baseline Imager Cloud Product Comparisons: The cloud products team at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) has launched a new web-based tool for comparing products generated from the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). The site provides side-by-side comparisons of products from the legacy ground system and a new cloud-based processing system. Products monitored include cloud mask, cloud top pressure, cloud optical depth, and cloud phase. These comparisons enable researchers to assess product consistency, identify discrepancies, and support validation of the new processing environment, helping ensure the quality and continuity of satellite-derived cloud products. (J. Hoffman, CIMSS, 608-890-1690; M. Foster, CIMSS).

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Figure: Example cloud mask comparison from GOES-16 on July 8, 2026.

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CIMSS Satellite Blog Updates: The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog was updated with the following posts: "CSPP’s New Geostationary Flooding Detection: A Case Study on the Illinois River" (Jul. 3), "Super Typhoon Bavi rapidly intensifies to a Category 5 storm east of Guam, eventually passing just north of the island of Rota" (Jul. 3), "Rare Alaska Funnel Cloud on Independence Day" (Jul. 6), "Pyrocumulonimbus clouds in British Columbia" (Jul. 7) and "Solar reflection off water and ice in the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea north of Alaska" (Jul. 8). (S. Bachmeier, T. Wagner, CIMSS, 608.890.1980)

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Figure: JMA Himawari-9 Visible (left) and Infrared Window (right) images at 2202 UTC on July 5, 2026 -- showing the eye of Category 5 Super Typhoon Bavi as it was beginning to pass just northwest of the island of Rota (which is located between Guam and Saipan).

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Figure: GOES-18 Day Convection RGB image at 0100 UTC on July 5, 2026 -- which included a schematic showing the spine of the Alaska Range and predominant wind flow patterns around the time that a funnel cloud was reported near Cantwell, Alaska.

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