GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed the development of severe thunderstorms which produced very large hail in the Córdoba, Argentina area on 08 February 2018. Distinct above-anvil cirrus plumes were evident on the Visible imagery, with pulses of overshooting tops exhibiting Infrared brightness temperatures in... Read More

The animation above shows visible imagery from GOES-16 (0.64 µm) over Pennsylvania on 8 February 2018.  Northwest flow over the ridges of the Appalachians is causing stable waves clouds that are parallel to the topography.  However, the animation shows point sources over Somerset and Cambria counties — in southwestern Pennsylvania... Read More