Note: GOES-16 data shown on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing on-orbit testing.GOES-16 Data started flowing into the National Weather Service’s AWIPS system via NOAAPORT at 1800 UTC on 2 March 2017. At present, all 16 bands from the ABI, as well as select band differences and... Read More

Note: GOES-16 data shown on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing on-orbit testing.A strong pre-cold-frontal squall line produced widespread severe weather (primarily damaging winds: SPC storm reports) across the eastern US on 01 March 2017. A GOES-16 Mesoscale Sector provided imagery at 60-second intervals during a portion of the... Read More

Note: GOES-16 data shown on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing on-orbit testing.The ABI Band at 0.86 µm (Fact Sheet) allows superior land/sea discrimination. This occurs because land is more reflective to radiation at 0.86 µm than to radiation at 0.64 µm. The toggle above shows Florida in... Read More

Note: GOES-16 data shown on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing on-orbit testing.The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on the GOES-R Series of satellites (including GOES-16) includes a band that detects radiation at 1.37 µm (Fact Sheet Link). This 2-km resolution band is unique to GOES-16 among geostationary satellites. The... Read More