** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **A comparison of GOES-16 Lower-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images (above) revealed the presence of numerous mountain waves over parts of California and Nevada on 13 April 2017. The more pronounced of... Read More

 ** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **A comparison of GOES-16 and GOES-13 Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed numerous fire “hot spot” signatures (black to yellow to red pixels, with red being the hottest) from prescribed burning across the Flint Hills... Read More

** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **GOES-16 Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed the presence of an eddy in the high-turbidity nearshore waters of southern Lake Michigan on 08 April 2017. The animation was created using 5-minute “CONUS” Sector images; an animation using... 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