6 June 2013
GOES 14 Satellite Rapid Scan Imagery of Tropical Storm Andrea Today.
Posted by Dan Satterfield
Click image for animated GOES 14 5 minute rapid scan. High clouds obscure the center at first. Thanks to CIMMS for this.
The GOES R satellite will be able to do ONE minute rapid scans in two different locations when it is launched in two years! (If budget cuts don’t delay it, we will finally catch up to Europe with satellite technology.)
Here is a wider shot (Visible channel) of 15 min images. Hat tip to Metr. Brad Panovich for this one:
and an IR/VIS POES Image below:
Click for full res HUGE image. Hat tip to CIMMS Satellite Blog.
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.