GOES-19 (Preliminary/Non-operational) Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB images (above) — created using Geo2Grid — displayed “lake effect” clouds (shades of white) streaming southeast off Lake Sakakawea in northwestern North Dakota on 25 November 2024. A smaller cloud plume was also seen streaming southeast off Devils Lake in northeastern North Dakota. Existing snow cover appeared as shades of green in... Read More

GOES-West imagery centered over the Samoan Islands, shown above in an animation, shows a region of rich moisture surrounding those islands (purple in the enhancement, which suggests values or 2-2.2″), but the islands themselves are within a dry pocket (TPW values closer to 1.7″, orange/rust in the enhancement used). Total... Read More