GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testing.Strong Category 4 Hurricane Maria has made landfall in Puerto Rico. According to the National Hurricane Center, landfall occurred around 1035 UTC near Yabacuo on Puerto Rico’s southeast coast. The GOES-16 30-second (using overlapping mesoscale sectors) Visible Animation, above, shows the... Read More
GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testingThe animation above shows Irma every 6 hours from 31 August through 8 September, using the GOES-16 “Clean Window” Imagery (10.3 µm). The animation below shows the GOES-16 Upper-Level Water Vapor Infrared Imagery (6.19 µm) (Click here for... Read More
A toggle between nighttime images of Suomi NPP VIIRS Infrared Window (11.45 µm) and Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) data at 0347 UTC (courtesy of William Straka, SSEC/CIMSS) showed a high-resolution view of the eye of Category 3 Hurricane Irma. GOES-16 data (ABI and GLM) posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational... Read More
GOES-16 data (ABI and GLM) posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testingMeandering Tropical Storm Harvey is near the Gulf Coast of Texas during the day on Monday 28 August as shown in the 4-panel Animation above. The Four panels include, clockwise from lower left, Upper Level... Read More
