GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing.On 5 April 2017, The Storm Prediction Center in Norman OK issued a Day 1 Convective Outlook that included Moderate and High Risk areas over much of the southeastern United States. Mesoscale discussion 442 and 448 on 5 April discuss the area... Read More

** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **As discussed in more detail on the VISIT Meteorological Interpretation Blog, a small lake effect cloud plume formed over the southern portion  of the Great Salt Lake in northern Utah on 04 February 2017. A comparison of early morning... Read More

** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **Widespread fog and stratus had developed across southern Alabama and western Georgia during the pre-dawn hours on 04 April 2017. After sunrise, a comparison of 1-minute interval GOES-16 and 15-30 minute interval GOES-13 visible imagery (above)... Read More

** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **GOES-16 Lower-Level (7.3 µm),  Mid-Level (6.9 µm) and Upper-Level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images (above; also available as an MP4 animation) revealed the circulation associated with a Hurricane Force low over the North Atlantic Ocean (centered southeast of... Read More