Weather Satellite Image Animation

Click on a region to view images and animations for that region.

Weather satellite image animation. The following links for imagery are to servers maintained by the center for satellite applications and research star a division of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis. You may also obtain gif and jpeg images from our ftp data server. Interactively zoom and animate weather satellite images from a variety of geostationary satellites. The image below shows the orbit of this type of satellite.

Tropical atlantic and caribbean sea. The incoming solar radiation in this channel is reflected by clouds and ground. West coast alaska central alaska southeastern alaska northern pacific ocean hawaii tropical pacific ocean southern. The goes satellite senses electromagnetic energy at five different wavelengths and is a geostationary satellite.

Special weather announcements or warnings for the caribbean and atlantic regions. The amount of reflection depends on the type of reflective surface. Active storms ts gamma hu marie goes west pacus full disk pacific northwest pacific southwest u s. There are two wavelengths most commonly shown on weather broadcasts.

Visible imagery is very useful for distinguishing clouds land and sea ocean. Refresh this page after 10 15 minutes to get the latest new images. Hence this channel is known as the visible channel. Live weather satellite images and animations of the caribbean and us region.

Sectoring animation of global images and at high resolution for a region of interest.