The GOES-16 Total Precipitable Water product (above) highlighted the northward surge of monsoon moisture across portions of the Southwest US on 25 July 2019. TPW values as high as 2.0-2.1 inches were seen over the California/Arizona border early in the day, and also over far southeastern California and southwestern Arizona later in the day.... Read More

Solar heating of the ABI instruments (on both GOES-16 and GOES-17) occurs at night around the Equinoxes. As the ABI points down to the Earth to observe the atmosphere and surface, sunlight falls on the ABI, warming it, and the Loop Heat Pipe that is not operating at capacity on... Read More