GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testingHurricane Irma, northeast of Antigua and Barbuda in the Lesser Antilles, achieved Category 5 status on 5 September, based on aircraft reconnaissance. The symmetric storm with a clear eye (that includes mesoscale vortices) is shown above with 1-minute... Read More
A toggle between nighttime images of Suomi NPP VIIRS Infrared Window (11.45 µm) and Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) data at 0347 UTC (courtesy of William Straka, SSEC/CIMSS) showed a high-resolution view of the eye of Category 3 Hurricane Irma. GOES-16 data (ABI and GLM) posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational... Read More
GOES-16 data (ABI and GLM) posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testingMeandering Tropical Storm Harvey is near the Gulf Coast of Texas during the day on Monday 28 August as shown in the 4-panel Animation above. The Four panels include, clockwise from lower left, Upper Level... Read More
* GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testing *As Harvey moved across warm waters in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (SST | OHC), it continued to intensify (ADT | SATCON) to a Category 4 hurricane just before making landfall along the Texas coast around 03... Read More
