On 15 December 2015 NOAA/NESDIS conducted a test of the new GOES-15 (GOES-West) Rapid Scan Operations (RSO) sector for coverage of the American Samoa region (SSD message). GOES-15 Visible (0.63 µm, 1-km resolution) images during the test period between 1711 and 1957 UTC are shown above, with plots of surface observations for... Read More

GOES-13 (above) and GOES-15 (below) both captured the propagation of gravity waves that displayed Bore-like attributes along an inversion with a cold front over central Texas. (Click here for an animation of GOES-13 and GOES-15 side-by-side that includes observed surface winds).There was a temperature drop across the front, and modest wind... Read More