From more than 22,000 miles up, #GOESEast is watching Tropical Storm #Fiona as the sun rises over the Atlantic this morning. A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for the northern Leeward Islands.

SATELLITE SPOTLIGHT: NOAA's #GOESWest 🛰️ caught the #smoke and heat signature from the #MosquitoFire in Northern California yesterday. The #wildfire , which is currently California's largest active fire, has burned more than 58,000 acres and forced thousands to evacuate. #CAwx

TROPICAL UPDATE: Tropical Depression #7 has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and NOAA's #GOES16 🛰️ is keeping a close eye on it. It's forecast to strengthen into #TropicalStorm Fiona and continue moving westward through the Leeward Islands. Get the latest: hurricanes.gov

.NOAA: August 2022 was the world's sixth-hottest August on record and capped off the Northern Hemisphere's second-hottest summer. Antarctic sea ice coverage was at a record low for a third consecutive month. bit.ly/3RXLtDo #climate #StateofClimate

The media are invited as NOAA hosts its monthly #climate call on Thursday, September 15, at 11 am ET. Experts will discuss the U.S. and global climate from August 2022 and provide temperature and precipitation outlooks for the U.S. through December. bit.ly/3xktNda

TROPICAL UPDATE: NOAA's #GOES17 🛰️ is keeping an eye on #TropicalStorm Kay in the eastern Pacific today. High winds and heavy rain will be likely across parts of So. Cal. and the Southwest. #HighWind Warnings and #FloodWatches cover parts of the region. hurricanes.gov

.NOAA: The U.S. just sweltered through its 3rd-hottest summer in 128 years. August 2022 was also quite warm and marked by historic flash flooding events. #climate #StateofClimate More: bit.ly/3RMTMSr

SATELLITE SPOTLIGHT: NOAA's GOES17🛰️ is tracking #smoke drifting across much of the western and central U.S. today. Emanating from numerous #wildfires across the West, the smoke has prompted some #AirQuality Alerts and has brought hazy skies as far away as Iowa.

TROPICAL UPDATE: NOAA's #GOES16 🛰️ is closely watching #HurricaneEarl in this 0.5-km resolution visible imagery this afternoon. At the last update, #Earl had sustained winds of 105 mph and a #HurricaneWatch is in effect for Bermuda. Latest: hurricanes.gov

This Day Night Band imagery from the NOAA/NASA #SuomiNPP satellite shows #HurricaneKay just off the coast of Baja California, Mexico earlier this morning. A hurricane warning is in effect for the west-central portion of the peninsula.

Latest: hurricanes.gov

As the polar-orbiting NOAA/NASA #SuomiNPP 🛰️ passed over the Atlantic earlier this morning, it captured imagery of #HurricaneEarl near Bermuda. Damaging winds and dangerous surf conditions are expected to affect the island today through tomorrow.

Latest: hurricanes.gov

As the sun rises, #GOESWest is monitoring #Hurricane Kay off Mexico in the Eastern Pacific. Kay, a Category 2 storm, has strengthened slightly, with max sustained winds of 105 mph.

#Hurricane Watches and Warnings are in effect for Baja California.

Latest: hurricanes.gov

SATELLITE SPOTLIGHT: NOAA's #GOESWest was keeping an eye on the #smoke from numerous #wildfires burning across the western U.S. yesterday. Some of the larger fires burning across the region include the #CedarCreekFire & #DoubleCreekFire in Oregon and the #RossForkFire in Idaho.

#GOESEast is keeping close watch over the first #hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic Season. As of 11am EDT, #Danielle has winds of 75mph making it a Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.

Currently, there are no coastal watches/warnings in effect.

Latest: hurricanes.gov

Here is a look at newly formed Tropical Storm #Danielle from NOAA's #GOES16 🛰️ this morning.

The #VIIRS instrument on NOAA's #JPSS satellites helped UNOSAT see the scope of the massive flooding in Pakistan this month. #PakistanFloods

NEW: The 2021 State of the Climate international report from American Meteorological Society, and led by NOAA NCEI scientists, was released today. Greenhouse gases, global sea levels and ocean heat content all reached record highs last year. bit.ly/3AZTwK8 #BulletinAMS #StateOfClimate2021

Imagery of #TyphoonHinnamnor over the Philippine Sea today via Japan's #Himawari8 🛰️shows tightly wrapping bands of deep convection around a symmetric eye. With winds at 145 mph, it is the equivalent of a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane.

Latest: metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html