GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testing.GOES-16 provides many tools to the Operational Meteorologist, and to National Weather Service Incident Meteorologists (IMETs), to monitor fires when they occur, such as those over Napa and Sonoma Counties in California (Blog Post). Visible (0.64 µm) and Shortwave... Read More
GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testingOctober is typically not a month when tornadoes are expected in Wisconsin. (And in fact, the month ranks fourth in the numbers of fewest tornadoes nationwide). Nevertheless, a brief tornado occurred on the east side of Madison WI late in the afternoon on 7 October (NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan). The visible... Read More
GOES-16 Visible Imagery, above, shows convection (imagery at 1-minute intervals) surrounding Tropical Storm Nate, just onshore in northeastern Nicaragua.GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testingThe Tropical Depression (#16) in the western Caribbean Sea has strengthened to become a minimal Tropical Storm, acquiring the name... Read More
The YouTube link, above, shows the GOES-16 “Clean Window” (10.3 µm) Infrared Imagery over the Atlantic, showing the evolution of Hurricanes Franklin through Maria, from 7 August through 1 October. (The original mp4 video (250 Meg) is available.)GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testing ... Read More
