GOES-13 (GOES-East) 0.63 µm visible channel images (above; click to play animation) showed a patch of sea fog just off the coast of northeastern Florida on 21 March 2015. As daytime inland heating increased, a sea breeze circulation began to draw some of... Read More

A total solar eclipse occurred on 20 March before sunrise over the USA. Its appearance on visible imagery from Meteosat-10 was documented here and here. Did GOES-13 also view this event? The imagery above, half-hourly from 0845 through 0945 UTC, shows evidence of darkening (the lunar shadow) initially near 40... Read More

After a day of record high temperatures in parts of Nebraska — the 91º F at North Platte set a new record high for the month of March, and was also the earliest temperature of 90º F or above on record at that site — a strong arctic cold front... Read More

During a 4-hour period on 17 March 2015, NOAA/NESDIS conducted a test of two special GOES-15 (GOES-West) Rapid Scan Operations (RSO) sectors for the Alaska Region. From 16:00 to 18:00 UTC, the test was conducted for the “Sitka” sector (above) — and GOES-15 0.63 µm visible channel images over a... Read More