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Scott Bachmeier
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Satellite meteorologist, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Personal account, all opinions ©2025. https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/author/scottb
1-minute @noaa.gov #GOES18/#GOESWest True Color RGB images showed a hazy plume of resuspended volcanic ash (*from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta-Katmai*) as it was being transported across the Shelikof Strait toward Kodiak Island: geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu#playing:true...; #AKwx
December 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
One RAWS site near the coast had wind gusts to 50 mph.
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Good catch -- strong katabatic offshore flow, driven by the surface temperate gradient between -40s to -50s F inland and around +20 F along the coast. #AKwx
December 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The summit of #Kilauea exhibited a very robust thermal signature in #GOES18/#GOESWest Shortwave Infrared imagery -- which was briefly masked by the dense volcanic cloud.
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
December 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Impressive eruption of #Kilauea today, with a rare triple fountain event -- with @noaa.gov #GOES18/#GOESWest showing a combination of SO2 and SO2+ash clouds. #HIwx
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A moose in Hughes AK saw Denali's shadow today -- winter begins in 16 days. #AKwx
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Next step is to freeze the Madison area lakes -- lows around 0F on Thursday and Friday mornings just might do it.
November 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Air Mass RGB images from @noaa.gov #GOES18/#GOESWest showed the leading edge of the SO2-rich #HayliGubbi volcanic cloud (brighter shades of magenta) as it moved eastward across the North Pacific Ocean (east of Japan).
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM