21 September 2010 was the final day of the GOES-15 Post Launch Science Test — and the satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) mode to provide images as frequently as every... Read More
As part of the GOES-15 Post Launch Science Test, the satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) mode on 20 September 2010, providing images as frequently as every 1 minute during certain intervals of the day. McIDAS images of GOES-15 0.63 µm visible channel... Read More
A persistent ridge of high pressure aloft was keeping the interior of Alaska unusually cloud-free, as was evident on McIDAS images of GOES-11 0.65 µm visible channel data on 19 September 2010 (above). Temperatures at many stations across the region had been averaging about 10 degrees F above normal during... Read More
Tropical Storm Igor has formed in the far eastern Atlantic, just south of the Cape Verde Islands. GOES-12 imagery from today (above) shows a sheared system with persistent and abundant convection southwest of a low-level swirl of clouds. (That low-level swirl is most evident in the 1145 UTC image). Igor formed just... Read More
