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GOES See an Annular Eclipse Shadow in the Southern Hemisphere
GOES See an Annular Eclipse Shadow in the Southern Hemisphere There are many examples of GOES monitoring the Moon’s shadow on the Earth. This example below occurred on and is the CIMSS true color RGB composite from the (Preliminary/Non-operational) GOES-19 ABI. A link to the mp4. And a loop that extends to 21 UTC. Another blog on GOES-19 ABI. In general, images that have been Raleigh-corrected can make the region of the shadow appear larger.
GOES ABI Time Composites from April 8th
GOES ABI Time Composites from April 8th There are many GOES loops showing the moon’s shadow from the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 (UW/CIMSS; CIRA; Satellite Liaison; NOAA). Time compositing, in this case selecting the minimum brightness, shows the shadow from several times in a single frame. The size of the Moon’s shadow on the Earth during the total solar eclipses were very different between 2017 and 2024.
GOES Mesoscale Requests for April 8th
GOES Mesoscale Requests for April 8th While the view of the Sun from the ground may, or may not be, affected by clouds during the eclipse on April 8th, the view of the Moon’s shadow on the Earth will be viewed from NOAA‘s GOES ABI. There will be imagery every 10 min from the s, and 5 min from the . There will be two Mesoscale sectors from GOES-16 ABI, although it’s not yet certain where they will be located on the Earth that day.
GOES Cloud Climatology on April 8th
GOES Cloud Climatology on April 8th With the total solar eclipse occurring over parts of the contiguous U.S. on April 8, 2024, there are many wondering what the cloud cover might be on that day. As anticipation builds, we decided to look at the past 28 years of GOES cloud products on April 8. This is not a forecast, but a look back at the cloud climatology. Every spot on the eclipse path has had April 8ths where it was cloudy and every spot has had April 8ths where it was clear.
Will it be Cloudy on April 8th (2024)?
Will it be Cloudy on April 8th (2024)? Due to the total solar eclipse over parts of the contiguous U.S. on April 8, 2024, there are many wondering what the cloud cover may be then. Q: Will it be cloudy over the path of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024? A: We don’t know what the cloud cover will be on April 8th, 2024. To offer a clue, we can look to the past. The animation below is a geostationary visible image from April 8 over the last few decades. One image (~19 UTC) is shown for each day.
CIMSS Satellite Blog
There GOES a Review of 2022 It’s very hard to choose just one event from every month of the year, but the goal is to show the range of phenomena and locations that NOAA‘s GOES ABI routinely monitors, in this case during 2022. Most loops generated are from the University of Wisconsin-Madison CIMSS Satellite Blog, which...
Hurricanes Charley (2004) and Ian (2022)
Hurricanes Charley (2004) and Ian (2022) Both Hurricanes Charley (2004) and Ian (2022) were extremely strong storms to strike the west coast of Florida. Both Charley and Ian were upper Cat 4, as a measure of their winds. Of course wind speed is only one of the critical elements of a hurricane. Other UW CIMSS Satellite blogs on Hurricane Ian, such as when the hurricane made a landfall on September 28 or the 30th. Blogs by Scott Bachmeier, UW/CIMSS. Or the CIMSS TC page.
Early ABI Images from GOES-18
NOAA and NASA recently released the first ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) imagery from GOES-18 (including this 2-min video). GOES-T was launched on March 1st. In fact, both GOES-16 and GOES-17 monitored the rocket signature. GOES-18 is the third in the GOES-R series and is currently located above approximately 90W. Soon GOES-18 will move to a “near West” position. GOES-18 is slated to become NOAA’s operational GOES-West in early 2023 after going through many tests.
CIMSS Satellite Blog
There GOES 2021 January 1st, 2022 | Tim Schmit Daily Full Disk imagery By animating daily NOAA GOES-16 or GOES-17 ABI Full Disk visible imagery, the year are 2021 can be shown quickly in review. The GOES-16 loops show an 17 UTC image each day of 2021, while GOES-17 shows an image from 21 UTC. The images are Rayleigh-corrected composites. The GOES-16 loop is similar to a loop that includes the Solstice-to-Solstice dates.
“Adrift” 1983 Hurricane (Raymond)
GOES-6 GOES-6 was NOAA‘s operational satellite during the 1983 Hurricane Raymond, which was a Cat 4. This incredibly powerful storm was made famous in the 1998 book “Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea” written by Tami Oldham Ashcraft with Susea McGearhart, and also by the 2018 movie “Adrift”. “[October 12, 1983]… About 1000 the seas arched into skyscrapers, looming over our boat.
A GOES ABI View of the Firefly Aerospace’s Maiden Flight
A GOES ABI View of the Firefly Aerospace’s Maiden Flight September 3rd, 2021 | Tim Schmit NOAA‘s GOES-16 and GOES-17 ABI observed the Firefly Aerospace’s maiden flight from Vandenberg Air Force base. GOES-16 ABI 16-panel captured the before and after. Loop: (animated gif) (mp4). GOES-16 ABI 16-panel animation from September 3, 2021 at 02:00 UTC. The parallax effect is very evident comparing GOES-17 and GOES-16 ABI views. Loop: (animated gif) (mp4). What is shown is a multi-spectral “rocket plume” RGB.
“Ring” Solar eclipse shadow moving across northern North America
“Ring” Solar eclipse shadow moving across northern North America June 10th, 2021 | Tim Schmit Early on June 10th, 2021 there was a solar eclipse for the northern portions of the globe. This was not a total, but annular (or “ring”) solar eclipse. Satellites, such as NOAA’s ABI on GOES-16 (East) can monitor the shadow of the moon as it falls on the Earth.
CIMSS Satellite Blog
There GOES 2020 January 4th, 2021 | Tim Schmit Daily Full Disk imagery By animating daily NOAA GOES-16 or GOES-17 ABI Full Disk visible imagery, the year are 2020 can be shown quickly in review. The GOES-16 loops show an 18 UTC image each day of 2020, while GOES-17 shows an image from 21 UTC. The images are Rayleigh-corrected composites. The GOES-16 loop is similar to a loop that includes the Winter Solstice.
(Northern Hemisphere) Winter solstice
(Northern Hemisphere) Winter solstice December 21st, 2020 | Tim Schmit By animating daily NOAA GOES-16 ABI Full Disk visible imagery, how the Earth is illuminated over time can be seen. For example, the minimum in incoming solar radiation in the Northern Hemisphere associated with the Winter Solstice. For details, see “What is a Solstice?” by SciJinks. Or this NOAA https://www.noaa.gov/education/news/share-your-solstice-sunset-with-noaa-education post.
CIMSS Satellite Blog
The third named storm of the Eastern Pacific tropical season has formed. (Click here for NHC‘s public advisory on the naming of Calvin) The mp4 animation above (click here for an animated gif) shows the evolution of the system for the 24 hours ending at 1210 UTC on 12 July as it gradually acquired rotation, evolving from a large convective complex at the start of the animation while it traveled over very warm waters.
1985 (May 31st) Tornado Outbreak as seen from GOES-6
1985 (May 31st) Tornado Outbreak as seen from GOES-6 The visible and infrared bands from GOES-6 observed the historic (31 May 1985) tornado outbreak over Pennsylvania and other parts of the Northeast. For the IR band, the coldest cloud-top temperatures are highlighted with colors. Here’s is a visible animation a bit more zoomed in. A GOES-6 visible loop, starting at 11:00 UTC on May 31, 1985 (and ends at 01:00 UTC on June 1, 1985): A similarĀ GOES-6 visible loop, but a bit more zoomed in.
What has the Large Iceberg (A68) been up to this year?
What has the Large Iceberg (A68) been up to this year? March 31st, 2020 | Tim Schmit GOES-16 True Color RGB images [click to play MP4 animation] A very large iceberg broke off the Larsen-C Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula in July 2017 (recall this CIMSS Satellite Blog post). While NOAA’s GOES-16 ABI visible sensors may not be ideal, they can monitor the iceberg’s location if the cloud cover is not too thick. This animation shows the beginning of 2020, with just one image per day.
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