Numerous small fires were burning in the Lake Okeechobee area of southern Florida on 20 February 2017. A comparison of GOES-16 ABI (at rapid scan 30 second intervals) and GOES-13 (at routine 15-30 minute intervals) 3.9 µm Shortwave Infrared images (above; also available as a 71 Mbyte animated GIF) showed the “hot spots” —... Read More

Severe Weather hit Louisiana on Tuesday 7 February 2017, and the ABI on GOES-16 viewed the convective development. This website includes an animation (also available on YouTube) of the visible imagery (Band 2, 0.64 µm with 0.5-km resolution at the subsatellite point) from ABI during the time period of the strongest tornadoes in and near New Orleans. Click here for... Read More