Satellites: NOAA-15 and NOAA-17, part of NOAA's 850km-high (530 mile-high) Polar Orbiting satellites

Storm Front
These two images show how the Canadian jet stream dips down and drives many weather patterns across the US from west to east.
In yesterday's picture, this pattern pulled moisture up from the Gulf of Mexico, causing thunderstorms across the mid-atlantic states.
In today's image, those storms have broken off from the stream, leaving clear skies in their wake.
These images also show the path of the satellite as it moves from north to south--the sun was right behind the satellite when it flew across the Gulf of Mexico.
Note that you can also see the remnants of Hurricane Adrian moving northeastward from the Yucatan Peninsula.
Adrian had the rare distinction of striking the Central American coast from the Pacific side.
Click on the images below for a higher-resolution (>100k) version.