GOES-13 (GOES-East) Visible (0.63 µm) images (above; click to play animation) revealed the low-level circulation of the remnants of Tropical Storm Erika moving off the coast of Georgia early in the day on 03 September 2015 (15 UTC surface analysis). Although there was one brief convective burst over the low-level circulation center (LLCC), it is unclear whether... Read More

The YouTube video embedded above shows GOES-13 Water Vapor (6.5 µm) images each hour for all of August 2015. The 10.7 µm Infrared window channel animation is shown below. Both show a remarkable lack of thunderstorm activity in the Caribbean Sea. In addition, hourly Water Vapor (6.5 µm) and... Read More