* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *GOES-15 (GOES-West), GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East) Visible images (above) showed the development of thunderstorms which produced hail and damaging winds (SPC storm reports) in the Phoenix, Arizona area on 02 August 2018. The images are displayed in the native projection of each satellite (no re-mapping).... Read More
* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *A comparison of GOES-15 (GOES-West), GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East) Visible images (above) showed thunderstorms which produced tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds (SPC storm reports) from southeastern Wyoming to eastern Colorado on 29 July 2018. The images are displayed in the native projections of each... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the development of a supercell thunderstorm that produced tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds (SPC storm reports) across parts of eastern Wyoming on 28 July 2018. A distinct above-anvil cirrus plume could be seen with this storm.The corresponding GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (below) revealed... Read More
A supercell thunderstorm which developed in southeastern Montana during the afternoon hours on 27 July 2018 produced damaging wind-driven hail as it moved southeastward across western South Dakota into far northern Nebraska (SPC storm reports | NWS Rapid City summary). 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the evolution of this storm.The corresponding GOES-16... Read More
