July 2026

[LCPhotowerx]

9 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

GOES-East Update: NOAA says the GOES-19 Safehold condition has been resolved, and engineers are now preparing to restart the onboard instruments. The spacecraft is no longer in Safehold, but GOES-East imagery is still unavailable while instrument checks, calibration, and validation are completed. NOAA has not yet provided an estimated time for full restoration, and there has been no announcement that GOES-16 will be activated as the backup. This is still a positive step and makes a return to service more likely.

Should we all be worried that a major weather satellite went down or is this somewhat normal?

[MANDA]

Good map.  Link below.  You can click on the link then click circles to get the actual reading.  There are readings in the 600- 800 range over MN/WI.

https://fire.airnow.gov/#4.77/44.35/-79.59

[allgame830]

2 minutes ago, MANDA said:

Good map.  Link below.  You can click on the link then click circles to get the actual reading.

https://fire.airnow.gov/#4.77/44.35/-79.59

The big question is are those readings in WNY going to make it into the area or no? 

[MANDA]

Video from western Ontario.

https://x.com/WeatherMonitors/status/2077271025713397760/video/1

[Santa Claus]

something’s still wrong with goes east, the whole metro is covered in some kind of gray haze

[SACRUS]

GOES-19 Update #3 — Imaging expected to resume this afternoon

NOAA reports that DCS and Search-and-Rescue services returned at 12:30 p.m. EDT on July 16. Engineers are now restoring the Advanced Baseline Imager, with GOES-East imaging expected to resume by 3:00 p.m. EDT today. Initial image navigation may be slightly degraded during the first hour.

The remaining instruments will be restored in this order: ABI, GLM lightning mapper, SUVI, then the space-weather instruments. NOAA estimates that returning all GOES-19 instruments to normal operations will take approximately eight hours.

This is the first official restoration timeline, but GOES-19 is not yet fully operational.

[donsutherland1]

The continuing GOES-19 outage, which may continue into or even through this evening, is likely affecting HRRR smoke forecasts, as real-time satellite data is not present. That adds a dose of uncertainty into smoke conditions this afternoon and this evening. 

Here are recent conditions based on the observed data:

Assuming a light westerly flow continues through this evening, some denser smoke will probably move into the New York City area this evening or early tonight. 

[MJO812]

Smoke is getting heavier . My eyes are starting to hurt here in Brooklyn.

[BobbyHolikWillFindYou]

9 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Smoke is getting heavier . My eyes are starting to hurt here in Brooklyn.

Starting to permeate my office in Oakland NJ. Noticing more co-workers clearing their throats as the day goes on.

[RockawayRowdies]

PurpleAir has a nice map that updates every 10 minutes or so: https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi?opt=%2F1%2Flp%2Fa10%2Fp604800%2FcC0#9.74/40.8063/-74.416

Getting heavier for sure.. 
This is for a sensor near Dover.

[gravitylover]

44 minutes ago, allgame830 said:

The big question is are those readings in WNY going to make it into the area or no? 

There are 190 -218 readings near me now. 

[allgame830]

7 minutes ago, RockawayRowdies said:

PurpleAir has a nice map that updates every 10 minutes or so: https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi?opt=%2F1%2Flp%2Fa10%2Fp604800%2FcC0#9.74/40.8063/-74.416

Getting heavier for sure.. 
This is for a sensor near Dover.

There is a 844 reading out in OHIO right now that is just ridiculous! 

[winterwarlock]

87/75/99

[Picard]

That magenta and deep red air quality is edging closer.

[allgame830]

AQI numbers are slowly starting to rise throughout the whole area..... at work in Scarsdale it was 120 about 20 minutes ago now up to 133-135.

[FPizz]

88 today.  Would take this smoke over rain for Saturday

[SACRUS]

89 / 70 grey sky smoke / clouds - clouds / smoke - just smoke / mostly clouds TBD once satellite is back.

[WestBabylonWeather]

It comes back Saturday maybe? 

[MANDA]

GOES East updating.  Will take a few hours for animations to populate.

[SACRUS]

More images coming through the satellite 

 

[Picard]

I can see the smoke now against the dark green woods moving through the wind.  Strong smell.  Interestingly enough, the sun seems brighter than it has since this all started.  Maybe because it's more surface smoke now?

[Dan76]

Close 

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=regional-midwest-02-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

[dWave]

Has gotten much more hazy/smokey over the last hr. Appears to be at surface level now.

From Lower Manhattan, Midtown is totally obscured. 

[Dan76]

Rebooting 

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-New_England-02-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

[weatherpruf]

hope it clears before the entire world sees messi and yamal struggling to breathe......of course messi doesn't do much running anyway.....

[allgame830]

5 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

hope it clears before the entire world sees messi and yamal struggling to breathe......of course messi doesn't do much running anyway.....

By Sunday the smoke is supposed to be gone. 

[FPizz]

9 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

hope it clears before the entire world sees messi and yamal struggling to breathe......of course messi doesn't do much running anyway.....

They would blame Canada

[ILoveWinter]

2 minutes ago, FPizz said:

They would blame Canada

[SnowGoose69]

Interesting how the sea breeze at JFK seems to be keeping their vis way up vs other stations.  Probably is clearing out that bottom 1500-2000ft