* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *Beginning at 1530 UTC on 28 August 2018, GOES-17 data and imagery became available via the GOES Rebroadcast (GRB) distribution mechanism — and beginning at 1700 UTC via the Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN) that provides data to AWIPS (above). While images are available from all 16... Read More

GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operationalThe GOES Rebroadcast (GRB) is now transmitting GOES-17 data that remain Preliminary and non-operational.  The first data sent were at 1530 UTC on 28 August. The toggle above shows Bands 3 (“Veggie Band”, 0.86 µm) and Band 7 (“Shortwave Infrared”, 3.9 µm) from the Meso-1 sector that was positioned over the West Coast... Read More

 * GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *A comparison of Visible images from GOES-15 (GOES-West), GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East) (above) showed a severe thunderstorm that developed ahead of an advancing cold front (surface analyses) in central South Dakota late in the day on 26 August 2018. This storm produced hail as... Read More

NOAA-20 VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images (above; courtesy of William Straka, CIMSS) showed the eye of Hurricane Lane in the central Pacific Ocean at 1208 UTC on 22 August 2018, a few hours after it reached Category 5 intensity (SATCON). Surface mesovortices were evident within... Read More