1-minute Mesoscale Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed the southward propagation of a pre-cold-frontal trough axis (surface analyses) which appeared to play a role in enhancing ongoing convection — some thunderstorms then produced weak tornadoes, damaging winds and hail over parts of South Florida... Read More
An outbreak of severe weather occurred across parts of the Mid-South, Ohio Valley and mid Mississippi Valley on 03 April 2018. A GOES-16 Mesoscale Sector provided images at 1-minute intervals — “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (below) include plots of SPC storm reports.Looking farther to the southwest over parts... Read More
GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testingOctober is typically not a month when tornadoes are expected in Wisconsin. (And in fact, the month ranks fourth in the numbers of fewest tornadoes nationwide). Nevertheless, a brief tornado occurred on the east side of Madison WI late in the afternoon on 7 October (NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan). The visible... Read More
GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing.GOES-16 Visible Imagery early on 6 April 2017 showed a strong thunderstorm developing north of Lake Okeechobee and proceeding east towards the Atlantic Coast near Vero Beach (1-minute or 30-second imagery was not available over Florida because... Read More
