Thunderstorms produced a variety of severe weather (SPC storm reports) as they moved eastward across the Upper Midwest on 28 August 2018. 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (below) showed the development and progression of the severe convection across central Wisconsin.Toggles beween Visible and Infrared... Read More

* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *Beginning at 1530 UTC on 28 August 2018, GOES-17 data and imagery became available via the GOES Rebroadcast (GRB) distribution mechanism — and beginning at 1700 UTC via the Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN) that provides data to AWIPS (above). While images are available from all 16... Read More

GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operationalThe GOES Rebroadcast (GRB) is now transmitting GOES-17 data that remain Preliminary and non-operational.  The first data sent were at 1530 UTC on 28 August. The toggle above shows Bands 3 (“Veggie Band”, 0.86 µm) and Band 7 (“Shortwave Infrared”, 3.9 µm) from the Meso-1 sector that was positioned over the West Coast... Read More

 * GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *A comparison of Visible images from GOES-15 (GOES-West), GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East) (above) showed a severe thunderstorm that developed ahead of an advancing cold front (surface analyses) in central South Dakota late in the day on 26 August 2018. This storm produced hail as... Read More