NOAA and NASA recently released the first ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) imagery from GOES-19. GOES-U was launched on June 25, 2024. The (Preliminary/Non-operational) GOES-19 ABI images on this page are from this very early stage. See the GOES-U launch as well the other GOES ABI monitored the rocket signature with rapid scan imagery), including the re-entry. GOES-19 is the final (fourth)... Read More
Data from the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) on board MTG-I1 (Meteosat Third Generation), operating in parallel with Meteosat-10, with a sub-satellite point at 0oN, 0oE, shows the different cloud types associated with Kirk (which was deemed a hurricane at 2100 UTC on 1 October) in the tropical Atlantic. The Cloud Phase RGB (details), among other... Read More
Hurricane John was an intense cyclone that affected the Pacific coast of Mexico for a about a week in late September 2024. (Click here to see an approximate path). The storm was noteworthy in that it made landfall, dissipated, re-developed, and then made landfall again. The animation above shows the... Read More
GOES-16 Visible imagery (Band 2, 0.64 µm) from Mesoscale Sector 1, above, show the evolution of Helene for about 90 minutes shortly after sunrise on 26 September. Strong convection is wrapping around a center that occasionally has an eye-like characteristic. At the time of the animation, Helene was a very... Read More
