* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *A comparison of GOES-17 (soon to become GOES-West) and GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) revealed a plume of lake effect clouds streaming south of Fort Peck Lake in northeastern Montana on 11 January 2019. As a cold... Read More