Beta version of CSPPGeo LightningCast software now supports GOES-19
GOES-19 today is positioned at 89.5oW, the test position, but is presently scheduled to drift east to the GOES-East location at 75.2oW. When on station in early April, it will become the operational GOES-East satellite. CIMSS scientists have been modifying CSPPGeo software to produce products, such as LightningCast probability (available online here, or, for GOES-16/GOES-18 in AWIPS), using GOES-19 data as input. The image above shows LightningCast probabilities from GOES-19 over a True Color image (a new feature of the latest beta). A comparison with GOES-16 (using Day Cloud Phase Distinction) is below. Differences in the fields are most likely due to view angle differences. You can read more on GOES-19 LightningCast probabilities here, and this blog post describes the (first) beta version of the software.
