For testing purposes, the GOES-13 satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) mode on 11 April 2010. In SRSO mode, images are available as frequently as every 1 minute during certain time periods. McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.65 µm visible channel data centered just south of Amarillo, Texas (above; also... Read More

250-meter resolution MODIS true color and false color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from the SSEC MODIS Today site showed that significant snow cover remained in parts of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (above) and also in parts of northeastern Wisconsin (below) on 09 April 2010. Snow cover appears white on the true color images, but... Read More

McIDAS images of the GOES-12 0.65 µm visible channel data (above) showed the development of a large plume of blowing dust across parts of southern New Mexico and western Texas late in the day on 26 March 2010. Surface winds gusted to 84 mph at El Paso in Texas, with the blowing... Read More

A comparison of 250-meter resolution MODIS true color and false color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from the SSEC MODIS Today site (above) showed a large fire (perhaps a prescribed burn?) in a remote area of the Red Lake Indian Reservation, just to the west of the Upper and Lower Red Lakes in far northern Minnesota on... Read More