1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed a cluster of deep convection just to the north of the center of a rapidly-intensifying midlatitude cyclone (surface analyses) off the coast of North Carolina on 02 April 2019. In addition, convection was later seen developing along the north-south cloud band marking the... Read More

The most common scanning strategy for GOES-R satellites since GOES-16 became operational has been “Flex” Mode, Mode 3: During each 15 minutes, 1 full disk, 3 CONUS and 30 Mesoscale scans are achieved (Link showing Mode 3 Scanning. This YouTube Video shows Mode 3 Scanning with two adjacent mesoscale sectors). (Mode 4 — continuous 5-minute full disk imagery... Read More