CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS-NOAA WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 20, 2026

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CIMSS Satellite Blog Updates: The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/) was updated with the following posts: "Morrill Fire burns over 572000 acres in the Nebraska Panhandle" (Mar. 13), "Circular contrails south of Dallas/Fort Worth" (Mar. 16), "GOES-19 GLM captures the signature of a bolide over Lake Erie and northern Ohio" (Mar. 17), "Intense Cyclone Causes Massive Dust Advection Over Mediterranean" (Mar. 17) and "Cyclone Narelle rapidly intensifies to a Category 4 storm over the Coral Sea, then makes landfall along Australia’s York Peninsula" (Mar. 18-19). (S. Bachmeier, T. Wagner, CIMSS, 608-890-1980)

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Figure: True Color RGB image from Meteosat Third Generation at 1230 UTC on March 17, 2026 -- showing the cloud structure (which included compact eye) of a Medicane which was advecting a plume of blowing dust from Africa northward across the Mediterranean Sea.

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Figure: Himawari-9 Infrared image at 2219 UTC on March 18, 2026 -- showing Cyclone Narelle as it was rapidly intensifying from a Category 3 to a Category 4 storm over the Coral Sea (northeast of Australia).

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