* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *An 1802 UTC GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) image with an overlay of the 12 UTC surface analysis (above) revealed a well-defined rope cloud which stretched for nearly 1000 miles, marking the cold front position at the time of the image. Rope clouds... Read More

A comparison of GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” (1.61 µm) images (above) revealed plumes of blowing snow originating over northern Lake Winnipeg and southern Lake Manitoba, lofted by strong northerly winds in the wake of a cold frontal passage. The blowing snow originating over the southern portion of Lake Manitoba... Read More

* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed the low-level circulation of an occluded Hurricane Force low (surface analyses) over the West Pacific Ocean on 09 January – 10 January 2019. This storm was forecast to produce wave heights up to 40-60 feet.GOES-17 Low-level... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images (above) revealed the formation of a standing wave cloud along the Minnesota shoreline of Lake Superior on 08 January 2019. This cloud feature was formed by a vertically-propagating internal gravity wave that resulted from the interaction of strong post-frontal northwesterly flow with the topography of... Read More