An AWIPS image of the MODIS Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product on 09 November 2012 with an overlay of SST contours from the RTG_SST High-Resolution model valid about 6 hours later (above) showed the residual impact of Hurricane Sandy on the axis of the Gulf Stream, almost 2 weeks after Sandy moved... Read More

GOES-13 (GOES-East), in geostationary orbit at the Equator and 75 W longitude, was well-positioned to capture the entire lifecycle of Hurricane Sandy. An animation of 10.7 µm IR images is shown above, at 3-hourly time steps, from incipient tropical wave, to a hurricane hitting Jamaica, to a system with an... Read More

SRSO-R operations continue today with GOES-14, allowing for very high temporal resolution imaging of a sheared Hurricane Sandy as it moves away from the Bahamas. The exposed low-level circulation is apparent in the imagery, as well as strong convection north and west of the low-level center. A closer view of... Read More

The GOES-14 satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) mode to begin to provide 1-minute interal images of Hurricane Sandy on 25 October 2012. McIDAS images of GOES-14 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation; also available as a QuickTime movie) showed the circulation of Sandy moving northward... Read More