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

A rare Full Moon on Christmas — the last occurrence was in 1977, and the next will be in 2034 — was reached at 1111 UTC, and provided some compelling “visible images at night” from the Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 µm Day/Night Band (DNB). The animation above shows the coverage of... Read More

The 2015 December solstice — Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and Summer in the Southern Hemisphere — occurred at 0448 UTC on 22nd day of the month. Several hours prior to the solstice, the daylight/darkness “terminator” (tilted at 23.5º due to the inclination of the Earth’s axis) could be seen... Read More