![\"GOES-16](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/171028_goes16_visible_New_England_fog_anim.gif\")
<\/a>GOES-16 Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images, with hourly surface reports of fog plotted in yellow [click to play animation]<\/p><\/div>* GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testing *<\/em><\/p>\n With high pressure dominating across the region during the pre-dawn nighttime hours (surface analyses<\/strong><\/a>), strong radiational cooling (minimum temperatures<\/strong><\/a>) aided in the formation of widespread valley fog across New England on 28 October 2017<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Post-sunrise GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images revealed the areal extent of the valley fog; however, fog dissipation was fairly rapid during the morning hours as surface heating from abundant sunlight promoted sufficient boundary layer mixing.<\/p>\n During the preceding nighttime hours, development of widespread valley fog could be seen on Suomi NPP VIIRS Infrared Brightness Temperature Difference (11.45 \u00b5m – 3.74 \u00b5m) images (below) <\/strong><\/em>— although surface fog features were obscured at times by patchy cirrus clouds aloft (black enhancement)<\/em>. This example demonstrates that because of the wide (3000 km) scan swath of the VIIRS instrument, in many cases the same region might be sampled by 2 consecutive overpasses. VIIRS<\/strong><\/a> will also be part of the instrument payload on the upcoming JPSS<\/strong><\/a> series of polar-orbiting satellites.<\/p>\n