A new scanning schedule that adds more sectors is being followed for GOES-15 as the satellite drifts westward towards 135 W. When GOES-15 becomes the new GOES-West, replacing GOES-11 (planned to occur on December 6th), the augmented scanning schedule will become operational, offering 1 or 2 additional scans per hour of... Read More
A major blowing dust event occurred in the wake of a strong cold frontal boundary that moved rapidly southward across western Texas and eastern New Mexico late in the day on 17 October 2011 — the blowing dust reduced surface visibilities to near... Read More
The first “official” 0ºF (-18ºC) temperature of the 2011/2012 winter season in Alaska was recorded at Anaktuvuk Pass on 12 October 2011. AWIPS images of “4-km resolution” GOES-11 10.7 µm IR data (above) indicated that portions of the Brooks Range in northern Alaska were... Read More
GOES-15 10.7 µm IR images (above; click image to play animation) showed a large area of very cold cloud top IR brightness temperatures associated with Tropical Storm Jova over the East Pacific Ocean on 07 October 2011. Embedded within the large region of... Read More
