The Morgan Fire began burning in the Mount Diablo State Park northeast of San Francisco during the afternoon hours on 08 September 2013, which caused the evacuation of dozens of homes near the fire. McIDAS images of 4-km resolution GOES-15 3.9 µm shortwave... Read More
The GOES-12 Sounder has sent its last data, ending more than 12 years of service. The GOES-12 Sounder was turned off at 1100 UTC on 13 August. GOES-12 was launched on July 23, 2001, and GOES-12 transmitted data from 16 August 2001 – 7 January 2002, and then more or... Read More
GOES-13 became the operational GOES-East satellite once again at 15:45 UTC on 10 June 2013 (following recovery from an anomaly on 22 May) — the multi-panel image above shows all 19 bands of the GOES-13 Sounder along with all 5 bands of the GOES-13 Imager... Read More
Special update: GOES-13 is scheduled to become the operational GOES-East on June 6, 2013 at approximately 1545 UTC. Link.Special update #2:GOES-13 will become the operational GOES-East Satellite no sooner than Monday 10 June 2013 Link.GOES-13 will become operational GOES-East at approximately 1545 UTC on Monday June 10. Link.(Update on the... Read More
