The image above (credit to Rick Kohrs from SSEC/CIMSS) shows Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) data from GOES-17 (West), GOES-18 (Central, Preliminary/Non-Operational), and GOES-16 (East) on 15 May 2022. This “Local Noon CIMSS Natural Color” image is created by blending vertical strips of true-color imagery at local noon, starting in the... Read More

The hourly animation above shows the GOES-17 Night time Microsphysics RGB over and surrounding the Aleutian Islands, from 0800 – 1300 UTC on 18 May 2022. Yellowish features are low clouds in this RGB; low clouds at warmer temperatures have a blue/cyan tint because the inclusion of Band 13 infrared... Read More