* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *GOES-17 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images with an overlay of 250 hPa wind isotachs from the GFS90 model (above) showed a string of disturbances (surface analysis) along the axis of a 180-knot “Japan Jet” across the North Pacific Ocean on 02 January... Read More