GOES-16 Satellite images

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GOES-16 supposedly has gone live with the 4x better resolution and faster update times. I heard previously this would be December 20th 2018 but this article makes it seem to have already happened. Now "GOES East".

http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-s-goes-16-now-at-goes-east-ready-to-improve-forecasts-even-more


So where can you go to see the higher resolution images?

Will these make it into any of the soaring forecast products, topmeteo, skysight, etc?

Chris

[WaltWX[_2_]]

There are several web sites I use for hi-res GOES-16 imagery. University of Wisconsin SSEC - RealEarth. Search rec.aviation.soaring for "GOES-16" to see my previous post.

Now that GOES-16 is the GOES East operational satellite, those of us on the West Coast will see degraded hi-res visible imagery from the optimum 0.5 km... but it still looks pretty good with better dynamic range from bright mid day to near sunrise/sunset. The satellite was moved to approx 78W over the equator.

Take a look this blog: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/ for more info.

Two other sites worth browsing:

http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/exper/index-down.php

http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/loop_of_the_day/

Walt Rogers WX