1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images that included overlays of GLM Flash Points and the Fire Mask derived product (above) showed a cluster of thunderstorms that was moving eastward across the Texas Panhandle late in the day on 09 April 2026. Frequent lightning activity associated with this convection ignited... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) included an overlay of the Fire Mask derived product (a component of the GOES Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm FDCA), which depicted the areal coverage and diurnal behavior of thermal signatures associated with widespread prescribed burning in the Flint Hills of eastern... Read More
Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided 30-second imagery from GOES-19 (GOES-East) to support the launch of Artemis II — and Rocket Plume RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) displayed both the initial hot thermal signature of the NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage rocket booster near the Kennedy Space Center launch site (brighter red pixels: 2235 UTC) in... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible, Water Vapor and Infrared images (above) showed the development of vertically-propagating standing wave clouds over far northeastern South Dakota on 28 March 2026 — initiated by strong SW winds interacting with the topography of the Coteau des Prairies.The coldest cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures of the standing wave cloud... Read More
