![GOES-13 Visible (0.63 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/G13_FD_VIS_21JUN2019_2019172_151500_GOES-13_0001PANEL.GIF)
GOES-13 Visible (0.63 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]
GOES-13 was taken out of storage on 19 June 2019 to begin a period of Image Navigation and Registration (INR) testing — the
Satellite Data Services positioned a spare rooftop antenna to begin ingesting the
GVAR data from the satellite (positioned over the Equator at 60.2º W longitude) . Visible images from 21 June are displayed above. According to NOAA: “With the established performance of NOAA’s new geostationary satellites, GOES-16 (as GOES-East) and GOES-17 (as GOES-West), and a healthy GOES-14 in reserve, NOAA can provide GOES-13 to the Air Force for their weather forecasting needs. After a check of the GOES-13 instruments, NOAA will operate the satellite on behalf of the Air Force during its remaining life span.”
A 5.5-hour animation of all five spectral bands of the GOES-13 Imager is shown below.
![Images from all 5 spectral bands of the GOES-13 Imager [click to enlarge]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/rt/jimn/testing/GOES13_6PL_2019173_121500_234500.gif)
All 5 spectral bands of the GOES-13 Imager [click to enlarge | MP4]
Water Vapor images from GOES-17
(GOES-West), GOES-15, GOES-16
(GOES-East) and GOES-13
(below) — all centered at Glasgow, Montana — showed the development of an
anomalously-deep (for 21 June) mid-tropospheric cutoff low over eastern Montana. The images are displayed in the native projection of each satellite.
![Water Vapor images from GOES-17, GOES-15, GOES-16 and GOES-13, all centered at Glasgow, Montana [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/G17_G15_G16_G13_WV_GGW_21JUN2019_2019172_201034_GOES-13_0004PANELS.GIF)
Water Vapor images, from left to right: GOES-17, GOES-15, GOES-16 and GOES-13, all centered at Glasgow, Montana [click to play animation | MP4]
===== 25 June Update =====
![All 5 spectral bands of the GOES-13 Imager [click to enlarge]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/rt/jimn/testing/GOES13_6PL_2019176_001500_234500_1745BADNAV.gif)
All 5 spectral bands of the GOES-13 Imager [click to enlarge]
A 23.5-hour animation of all five spectral bands of the GOES-13 Imager is shown above, centered over Wisconsin.
![GOES-13 Visible (0.63 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/190625_1445utc_goes13_visible.png)
GOES-13 Visible (0.63 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]
GOES-13 Visible images centered near Cape Verde in western Africa
(above) showed that the INR quality of GOES-13 was still very good.
===== 26 June Update =====
![GOES-13 Infrared Window (10.7 µm) and Visible (0.63 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/G13_RSO_VIS_26JUN2019_2019177_133700_GOES-13_0001PANEL.GIF)
GOES-13 Infrared Window (10.7 µm) and Visible (0.63 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]
A test of GOES-13 Rapid Scan Operations (RSO)was conducted on 26 June — a sequence of Infrared Window and Visible images
(above) revealed the presence of a Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) off the US East Coast, following the dissipation of its parent nocturnal thunderstorm.
![GOES-13 Visible (0.63 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/190621_goes13_visible_anim.gif)
![Water Vapor images from GOES-17, GOES-15, GOES-16 and GOES-13, all centered at Glasgow, Montana [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/190621_goes17_goes15_goes16_goes13_waterVapor_KGGW_anim.gif)
![GOES-13 Visible (0.63 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/VERDE_ISLANDS_POLI_loop_2019176_074500_2019176_191500.gif)
![GOES-13 Infrared Window (10.7 µm) and Visible (0.63 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/190626_goes13_infrared_visible_rso_anim.gif)
