![](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/220705_goes16_visible_spcStormReports_SD_mcs_anim.gif\")
<\/a>GOES-16 \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images, with time-matched SPC Storm Reports plotted in red [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16\u00a0(GOES-East)<\/em>\u00a0\u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images\u00a0(above)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0include time-matched\u00a0SPC Storm Reports<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 and showed a large Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) that moved southeastward across the Northern Plains on 05 July 2022<\/strong><\/a>. This MCS produced damaging straight-line winds as strong as 99 mph<\/strong><\/a> and hail as large as 4.00 inches<\/strong><\/a> in South Dakota — in fact, with such a long path of strong straight-line winds this event was classified as a derecho<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n In the corresponding 1-minute GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images\u00a0(below)<\/strong><\/em>, pulsing overshooting tops exhibited infrared brightness temperatures of -80\u00baC or colder (purple pixels embedded within interior shades of black-to-white).<\/p>\n GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m) images, with time-matched SPC Storm Reports plotted in cyan [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>A comparison of Infrared Window images from NOAA-20 (11.45 \u00b5m) and GOES-16 (10.35 \u00b5m) valid at 2009 UTC — with identical color enhancements (below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed (1) the higher spatial resolution of NOAA-20 VIIRS (~375 m) sensed significantly colder cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures (-88\u00baC with NOAA-20, vs -78\u00baC with GOES-16), and (2) a NW displacement of features in the GOES-16 image, associated with parallax<\/strong><\/a> that is an inherent characteristic of geostationary imagery at higher latitudes and\/or larger satellite viewing angles.<\/p>\n<\/a>