GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing.The fast-moving tropical system in the southern Caribbean Sea has developed a closed circulation and has been named Bret. Tropical Storm Bret, shown above in an animation of GOES-16 Near-Infrared (0.86 µm) imagery that highlights land/water contrasts (the... Read More
(Images in this blog post were created by William Straka, SSEC. Thanks William!!)Parts of Pedrogao Grande in central Portugal (northeast of Lisbon) burned over the weekend in a massive forest fire. At least 62 people were killed (News Link; Youtube Video 1, 2). Suomi NPP overflew the region shortly after the fire... Read More
** GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing **A large Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) developed over eastern Nebraska late in the day on 16 June 2017, which continued to grow in size as it propagated southeastward and produced severe weather across western Iowa, northeastern Kansas ... Read More
** GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing **GOES-!6 Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed the presence of a well-defined lake breeze boundary on 14 June 2017, which extended well inland from Lake Superior across northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. This shallow pool of lake-cooled air... Read More
