A 4-panel comparison of GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Low-level Water Vapor (7.3 µm), Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) and Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 µm) images (above) showed a large occluded cyclone (surface analyses) over northern Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba on 15 July 2018. In the cold sector of the storm, morning temperatures were confined to... Read More

* GOES-17 imagery shown here are preliminary and non-operational *A comparison of Visible images from GOES-15 (GOES-West), GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East)  on 14 July 2018 is shown above — in addition to thunderstorms over the high terrain of the Sierra Nevada, the development of a pyrocumulus cloud (with a small overshooting top)... Read More

GOES-17 imagery shown here are preliminary and non-operationalGOES-16 and GOES-17 visible imagery shows pseudo-stereoscopic imagery of developing convection on 13 July (over Georgia, click here for animated gif) and on 14 July (over North Dakota, including a cell that caused a tornado, below (animated gif), and Mexico, at bottom (animated gif)).To view these images in three dimensions, cross... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) depicted the remnants of Hurricane Beryl, which was situated off the East Coast of the US on 13 July 2018. Note the presence of 2 apparent low-level circulation centers — the primary circulation became better exposed as areas of deep convection moved more quickly... Read More