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Bill Line

@bill_line

Satellite Research Meteorologist with NOAA/NESDIS. Former Forecaster @NWSPueblo, GOES-R Liaison @NWSSPC. Wisconsin BS/MS. Views expressed are my own.

 Fort Collins, CO
satelliteliaisonblog.com/
Joined October 2012
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GOES-West water vapor imagery captures the evolution of a cutoff low off the California coast on Oct 20-22, bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms to California and severe weather and flooding to parts of the Southwest. More imagery and insights: satelliteliaisonblog.wordpre…
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CIRA@CIRA_CSUOct 20
Earlier today, NOAA-20 captured a high-resolution view of Super Typhoon Champi.
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GOES-East 30-second visible satellite imagery captures Hurricane Isaias making its final approach toward the coast, offering a remarkable view of the storm's structure just ahead of landfall.
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Full evolution of Hurricane Lowell across the eastern and central Pacific, including its northward turn and pass just west of the western Hawaiian Islands. More imagery: satelliteliaisonblog.wordpre…
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Hurricane Lowell’s eye on Sep 4 from GOES-West 1-min visible imagery. More incredible Lowell imagery and discussion here: satelliteliaisonblog.wordpre…
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CIRA@CIRA_CSUSep 2
From tropical storms to a Category 4 hurricane, four tropical cyclones spanning the Eastern Pacific to the Gulf were observed last night from satellite imagery.
Details: This composite satellite imagery contains the Day/Night Band (NCC) product from the JPSS weather satellites. The images used in this composite span the five-and-a-half hour period from 06:52 to 12:18 UTC on 2026-09-01.

ALT Details: This composite satellite imagery contains the Day/Night Band (NCC) product from the JPSS weather satellites. The images used in this composite span the five-and-a-half hour period from 06:52 to 12:18 UTC on 2026-09-01.

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Stunning 30-second imagery of the August 11 Derecho as it moved through the Chicago area. NWS warnings and local storm reports overlaid. #ilwx More imagery: satelliteliaisonblog.wordpre…
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GOES satellite imagery captured the environment and evolution of the storm that produced the violent 27 July tornado in Appleton and Menasha, Wisconsin. Shown is 1-min VIS/IR Sandwich Imagery. More: satelliteliaisonblog.wordpre…
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Sentinel-2 imagery from 28 July revealed the tornado damage path through Appleton and Menasha, particularly when compared with imagery from before the storm. #wiwx More: satelliteliaisonblog.wordpre… pic.x.com/bo8LvDexbQ
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GOES-West 1-min GeoFire imagery from yesterday afternoon (7/23) provides a detailed view of active wildfires across central Oregon, with persistent hot spots and smoke plumes visible throughout the animation. #ORwx
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New write-up on satellite imagery options during a GOES-East outage, including the limitations of current GOES-West Full Disk imagery in AWIPS and what could be improved. Example shown is a full-resolution GOES-West VIS/IR sandwich over a Michigan storm. satelliteliaisonblog.wordpre…
Bill Line (@bill_line) profile pictureBill Line@bill_lineJul 16
GOES-19 (-East) is on it's way back online! In the meantime, AWIPS has full res GOES-West FD Imagery for B13 (IR) only. SLIDER has full res GW FD Imagery for all bands, RGBs, etc. col.st/h0vnc STAR Image viewer has remapped GW FD imagery. star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/se…
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GOES-19 (-East) is on it's way back online! In the meantime, AWIPS has full res GOES-West FD Imagery for B13 (IR) only. SLIDER has full res GW FD Imagery for all bands, RGBs, etc. col.st/h0vnc STAR Image viewer has remapped GW FD imagery. star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/se…
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Imagery from GOES-19 (ABI) is now flowing once again!
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Impressive severe storm(s) developing over Denver in the past hour producing large hail, captured in GOES-East 1-min imagery. #cowx
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Last week was a busy one for blowing dust across the north-central US, including this event on May 14. Shown is GOES-East Geocolor Imagery. More imagery from the May 14-15 Blowing Dust: satelliteliaisonblog.wordpre…
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CIRA@CIRA_CSUMay 15
As the sun set yesterday, GOES-19 kept watch on a massive dust storm sweeping across the the northern High Plains.
This image contains the GeoColor product from the GOES-19 weather satellite from 00:20 on 2026-05-15.

ALT This image contains the GeoColor product from the GOES-19 weather satellite from 00:20 on 2026-05-15.

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The two-day dust event across the northern US earlier this week was captured well in the CVD Dust RGB, shown. A similar event is ongoing yesterday into today! More imagery from the earlier event: satelliteliaisonblog.wordpre…
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Residents of the United States' northernmost city just started a day that will last more than 2,000 hours. @NOAA’s #GOESWest (#GOES18) 🛰️ captured the beginning of this annual “midnight sun” season yesterday.
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@NWSFairbanksMay 10
☀️ Today in Utqiagvik (the northernmost city in the United States), the sun rose above the horizon at 2:57 AM and won’t set again for 84 straight days or until August 2nd! Here's a look at a timelapse showing the sunset and sunrise this morning. #akwx
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GOES-East 1-min True Color Imagery captured blowing dust across Illinois yesterday (May 4). #ilwx More imagery: satelliteliaisonblog.wordpre…
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Wind gusts of more than 50 mph kicked up a #DustStorm across the Southwest on April 26, 2026. @NOAA’s GOES East (#GOES19) 🛰️ tracked the dust as it reduced visibilities across parts of New Mexico and Texas. These events pose hazards to #AirQuality and #Transportation, making timely detection and accurate forecasting critical. NESDIS’ Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) uses geostationary #satellite imagery to study blowing dust and improve hazard forecasts. Learn more: bit.ly/41ZZqry
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