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Jun 13
Impressive satellite view of an outflow boundary expanding from a collapsing storm in Texas today.
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Jun 12
In northwestern Nebraska, the South Fork fire continues to burn, with its flames leaving behind a large and visible burn scar. The wildfire is currently over 28,000 acres in size.
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Jun 12
A beautiful low pressure system spins over the northern Pacific Ocean.
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Jun 12
The terrain of Jan Mayen creates a hole in the clouds as they part around the Arctic island.
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Jun 12
Yesterday, stratus clouds flowed northward along the California coast, filling in bays as it passed.
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Jun 12
From the Great Lakes to the Southern Plains, thunderstorms fire up along a long cold front stretching across the U.S. today.
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Jun 11
The World Cup is now underway in North America! Want to know where the games are played, and whether it will be clear or cloudy for each match? Our imagery viewer tool, CIRA Slider, has added new location overlays for the stadiums! Check it out, here: col.st/7tmh1
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Jun 11
Tropical Storm Cristina weakened as it neared the coast of Central America, becoming a remnant low early this morning.
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Jun 11
Sunrise reveals severe thunderstorms moving through the Midwest this morning, creating a significant wind and tornado threat. There is a moderate risk for severe weather in place for the region today, which includes Chicago.
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Jun 11
Intense thunderstorms have continued to fire up across the Midwest since yesterday morning, impacting the region with destructive winds as they blitzed through.
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Jun 10
A long smoke plume drifts across Nebraska from the South Fork Fire in the northwestern corner of the state. The fire is currently around 9,000 acres in size.
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Jun 10
Earlier this afternoon, VIIRS observed the active hotspots produced from the South Fork Fire at 750 meter spatial resolution.
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Jun 10
A line of severe thunderstorms charges through the Midwest this afternoon, sweeping through the region with damaging winds.
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Convection increases within Tropical Storm Cristina as it churns just off the coast of Nicaragua.
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Tropical Storm Boris made landfall on the coast of southern Mexico last night. Boris is dissipating as it remains over land, while still presenting a heavy rainfall and flooding threat for the region.
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Impressive cirrus plumes billow from the overshooting tops above the anvils clouds of strong thunderstorms over the Central Plains yesterday.
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The exposed central low of Tropical Storm Cristina spins near the coast of Nicaragua.
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Last night's storms in the Northern Plains created a bow echo shape as they moved quickly through the region, producing strong, damaging winds.
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Tropical Storm Boris brings heavy rainfall to southern Mexico, while newly-formed Tropical Depression Three-E hangs close to the coast of Nicaragua. Boris is forecast to make landfall in Guerrero, Mexico later today.
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A line of fast-moving severe thunderstorms marches across the Northern U.S. Plains and south-central Canada this afternoon and evening.
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