GOES-10 Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) visible and 10.7 micrometer InfraRed (IR) imagery at 1-minute intervals shows a nice view of a small thunderstorm that developed off the Texas coast this morning. The pulsing of overshooting tops could be seen in the visible imagery, along with periods of colder cloud... Read More
Slow-moving Tropical Storm Ernesto produced winds of up to 76 mph and rainfall totals of 10-11 inches (map of rainfall totals) in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach VA area during the past 1-2 days (below, right), and caused widespread flooding problems across much... Read More
The GOES-10 satellite has been placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) mode while the satellite is being re-positioned to support Southern Hemisphere operations this Fall. While in SRSO, the imagery is available at 1-minute intervals for certain portions of each hour. This frequent imaging schedule lets us view the... Read More
GOES-12 “water vapor channel” (6.5 µm) imagery on 28 August 2006 showed a rather strong moisture gradient in the southcentral US, oriented along a cold frontal boundary. In the color enhancement applied to an AWIPS water vapor image (above), dry air is denoted by orange to yellow shades, while increasing moisture is... Read More
