Due to the total solar eclipse over parts of the contiguous U.S. on April 8, 2024, there are many wondering what the cloud cover may be then. Q: Will it be cloudy over the path of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024? A: We don’t know what the cloud cover will... Read More

By animating daily NOAA NOAA ABI Full Disk true color imagery, how the Earth is illuminated over time can be seen. For example, how the terminator falls on the Earth until the Equinox. For details, see “What is a Solstice?” by SciJinks. Or this NOAA post. 11 UTC loops from the (northern hemisphere)... Read More

From GOES-A (1) in 1975, to GOES-T (18) launched in 2022! On January 4, 2023 GOES-18 is operational as GOES-West, here’s a look-back at all the GOES. Note that the GOES-R series imagers support the generation of a true color image, given they have the blue (or 0.47 micrometer) band. Continuity is critical for operational satellites... Read More

Daily Full Disk imageryBy animating daily NOAA GOES-16 ABI Full Disk composite imagery, the year 2022 can be shown quickly. The GOES-16 loop below displays a 17 UTC image from each day of 2022 (the images are Rayleigh-corrected True Color RGB composites). This GOES-16 loop is similar to a loop... Read More