5-minute CONUS sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) images from all 16 ABI spectral bands (above) displayed the northeast-moving warm thermal signature of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket booster as the ViaSat-3 Americas Mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 0025 UTC on 01 May (8:25 PM EST on 30... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) include an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density — which showed the severe thunderstorm that produced an EF3-rated tornado in Virginia Beach, Virginia on 30 April 2023. With that particular storm a lightning jump began around 2135 UTC and peaked at 2142 UTC, and the coldest cloud-top infrared... Read More