A sequence of Infrared Window images from Terra/Aqua MODIS (11.0 µm) and NOAA-20/Suomi NPP VIIRS (11.45 µm) (above) showed Category 4 Hurricane Michael as it was making its approach toward the Florida coast during the nighttime hours preceding sunrise on 10 October 2018. The yellow pixels east of the eye on the 0724 UTC VIIRS image highlighted... Read More
GOES-17 data in this post are preliminary and non-operationalCONUS (Contiguous United States) imagery at 5-minute intervals from GOES-16 at 75.2 W Longitude and GOES-17 at 89.5 W Longitude allows for Hurricane Michael to be viewed stereroscopically from space. The animation above, starting at 1142 UTC and extending to sunset, (click... Read More
* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *A strong cold front (surface analyses | max/min temperatures) moved southward across the Plains states during the 03 October – 04 October 2018 period — and GOES-17 Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 µm) images (above) revealed a distinct leeside frontal gravity wave as it propagated from southern Colorado... Read More
GOES-17 Data shown in this post are preliminary and non-operational.Continuous Full Disk (Mode 4) Testing is occurring on October 1 2018. Mode 4 is the highest data flow rate for the ABI and results in a Full Disk image every 5 minutes. No mesoscale sectors are produced during Mode 4... Read More
