GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testingThe animation of GOES-16 imagery, above, showing, clockwise from upper left, the GOES-16 0.47 µm, 0.64 µm, 1.61 µm and 0.86 µm channels, shows lows clouds over southeast New England, with a few mid-level clouds aloft. The... Read More

GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing.GOES-16 includes both a clean infrared window (10.33 µm) and a so-called ‘dirty’ infrared window channel (12.30 µm). The clean infrared window is in a part of the electromagnetic spectrum where there is very little absorption of... Read More

Note: GOES-16 data shown on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing on-orbit testing.The ABI Band at 0.86 µm (Fact Sheet) allows superior land/sea discrimination. This occurs because land is more reflective to radiation at 0.86 µm than to radiation at 0.64 µm. The toggle above shows Florida in... Read More

H/T to Brian McNoldy for sending this out on Twitter: #Miami‘s morning sounding observed 2.18″ of precipitable water, breaking the previous 17May 12Z record of 1.97″ pic.twitter.com/7Kh4Yokovc — Brian McNoldy (@BMcNoldy) May 17, 2016 Hourly images of the MIMIC Total Precipitable Water (TPW) product (below) revealed the northward transport of deep tropical moisture from the... Read More