Tropical Storm Andrea
Tropical Storm Andrea (the first Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone of the 2013 season) formed in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on 05 June 2013. GOES-14 10.7 µm IR images from the Read More
Tropical Storm Andrea (the first Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone of the 2013 season) formed in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on 05 June 2013. GOES-14 10.7 µm IR images from the Read More
Only 11 days after the devastating EF-5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, another round of severe weather brought tornadoes (including the EF-5 El Reno tornado) large hail (up to 2.5 inches in diameter), damaging winds (gusts as... Read More
GOES-13 suffered an anomaly overnight: the satellite is no longer pointed towards the Earth for as yet unknown reasons. The anomaly started at 03:40 UTC on 22 May, and at 04:29 UTC, GOES-15 (GOES-West) began a 30-minute full disk scan schedule.Successive images from just before the anomaly (above), at nominal... Read More
The GOES-15 (GOES-West) satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) on 18 May 2013 (to support the IfloodS field experiment), providing bursts of imagery at 1-minute intervals. At the same time, the GOES-13 (GOES-East) satellite had been... Read More