GOES-14 remained in Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSO-R) demonstration mode on 21 May 2015, providing 1-minute images for much of the eastern US (see this blog post) — and another interesting feature was seen over eastern Tennessee that was rather perplexing. Since this easily qualified for the “What the... Read More

 GOES-14 0.62 µm visible imagery, above, (here as an mp4, and here as a very large (220+ megabytes) animated gif) shows the development of convection over eastern North Carolina in a region of slight risk according to SPC (below). ==================================================================================Mesoscale Discussion #713 from SPC, below, referenced the Super-Rapid scan imagery:MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0713 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN... Read More