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Satellite Imagery

 

Table of Contents

• Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

• Pacific

• Links to other sources of Satellite Imagery

NOTE: The terms Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and Zulu (Z) are equivalent. Maps of coastal & offshore waters courtesy of NWS headquarters.

Surface Analysis with Satellite overlay

Description of Surface Analysis Charts

Atlantic

Surface Analysis	West	East	Last Updated
00Z	GIF	GIF	03:02Z, 16 May 2008
06Z	GIF	GIF	08:55Z, 15 May 2008
12Z	GIF	GIF	15:05Z, 15 May 2008
18Z	GIF	GIF	21:02Z, 15 May 2008

 

Pacific

Surface Analysis	West	East	Last Updated
00Z	GIF	GIF	02:55Z, 16 May 2008
06Z	GIF	GIF	09:45Z, 15 May 2008
12Z	GIF	GIF	15:02Z, 15 May 2008
18Z	GIF	GIF	21:01Z, 15 May 2008

NOTICE: The following links below are external to the Ocean Prediction Center and we are unable to answer questions about the images. You are referred to the NESDIS Satellite Services Division (NOAA) for questions or comments on the images listed below for the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific regions.

GOES 8/10 FLOATER (Every 1/2 Hour)

• Visible Image - Loop

• Infrared Image - Loop

• Dvorak IR Image -  Loop

• Water Vapor Image -  Loop

 

GOES-8/10 Hurricane Sectors For Atlantic & Pacific

•   Atlantic

Visible - Loop - Infrared - Water Vapor

 

• NE Pacific 

Visible - Loop - Infrared - Water Vapor

 

Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

 

GOES 8-East (Every hour)

East Coast 

• Visible Image - Loop
• Infrared Image - Loop
• Dvorak Image - Loop
• Water Vapor Image - Loop

Northwest Atlantic Sector

• Visible Image - Loop
• Infrared Image - Loop
• Dvorak Image - Loop
• Water Vapor Image - Loop

Western Atlantic and Caribbean Sector

• Visible Image - Loop

• Infrared Image - Loop

• Dvorak Image - Loop

• Water Vapor Image - Loop

  Gulf of Mexico Sector

• Visible Image - Loop

• Infrared Image - Loop

• Dvorak Image - Loop

• Water Vapor Image - Loop

 

Additional Imagery  

Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

 

METEOSAT-7 (Every 6 hours)

Eastern Atlantic Sector

• Visible Image - Loop

• Infrared Image - Loop

• Water Vapor Image - Loop

• SSM/I Microwave Imagery Surface Wind Image - Loop

 

   

Pacific

 GOES 8 East (Every Hour)

North East Pacific Sector

• Visible Image - Loop

• Infrared Image - Loop

• Dvorak Image - Loop

• Water Vapor Image - Loop

• SSM/I Microwave Imagery Surface Winds Image - Loop

East Pacific Sector

• Visible Image - Loop

• Infrared Image - Loop

• Dvorak Image - Loop

• Water Vapor Image - Loop

• SSM/I Microwave Imagery Surface Winds Image - Loop

 

GOES 10 West (Every Hour)

Central Pacific Sector  

• Visible Image - Loop

•  Infrared Image - Loop

• Dvorak Image - Loop

• Water Vapor Image -  Loop

West Central Pacific Sector  

• Visible Image - Loop

•  Infrared Image - Loop

• Dvorak Image - Loop

• Water Vapor Image -  Loop

 

 

Additional Imagery

Eastern and Central Pacific

 

Satellite Resources

 

• CIMSS GOES Gallery of Interesting Cases

• The Geostationary Satellite Server - Tropical Page

• Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Data (GOES, GMS and METEOSAT) from NASA MSFC

• NASA Goddard's GOES Project Information Site - Useful Information on GOES plus realtime imagery

• NOAA-NESDIS Daily Satellite Discussion

• RAMSDIS ONLINE -Real Time Satellite Data Animation

• SSEC Real Time Data

• Sources of Real-Time GOES Imagery/Products from CIMSS

 

 

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