The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30. Severe weather often exhibits a significant increase in lightning activity many minutes before radar can detect a potential storm. Various elements emit light at specific EUV and X-ray wavelengths depending on their temperature, so by observing in several different wavelengths, a picture of the complete temperature structure of the corona can be made. In today’s digital world, space weather is no joke. In the days that follow, GOES-S will perform several instrument deployments and a series of maneuvers to bring the satellite into geostationary orbit. It has reached geostationary orbit (22,300 miles out in space) and has now officially received a new name...GOES-17! The data has been filtered to highlight a space weather phenomenon known as plasma waves. In dry areas, especially in the western United States, information from the instrument will help forecasters, and ultimately firefighters, identify areas prone to wildfires sparked by lightning. And like GOES-16, GOES-S will scan the Earth five times faster at four times the image resolution, with triple the number of channels than previous GOES for more accurate, reliable forecasts and severe weather outlooks. Despite being at the end of the season’s peak window, late October has occasionally produced devastating hurricanes that have hit the United States and elsewhere. Infrared imagery is used to monitor aerosols, clouds, thunderstorms, hurricanes, rainfall, moisture, atmospheric motion, and volcanic ash. Later this year, GOES-17 will become operational as the GOES West satellite. These free events are geared toward students in grades 2 through 8, and they’re perfect for classrooms and families. GOES-17 joined its sister satellite, GOES-16, in orbit. The GLM can show forecasters areas far from the main line of storms where the risk of lightning strikes to ground presents a public safety hazard. The imagery was developed on the basis of collaboration between the JMA Meteorological Satellite Center and the NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-R Algorithm Working Group imagery team. The combination of several climate factors is driving the strong likelihood for above-normal activity in the Atlantic this year. Of those named storms, 5 to 9 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 2 to 4 major hurricanes (category 3, 4, or 5; winds of 111 mph or higher). You don’t have to live on the West Coast to know that coastal fog is a hallmark weather event in places like San Francisco and parts of the Pacific Northwest. GLM observes total lightning, including in-cloud and cloud to ground lightning, and will continually observe lightning flashes day and night across the Western Hemisphere. It is expected that GOES 16 data will be declared operational, approximately 6-12 months after launch, which occurred in November 2016. Be ready for hurricane season by determining your personal hurricane risk, finding out if you live in a hurricane evacuation zone, and reviewing/updating insurance policies. Now, they’re also helping show the public where active wildfires are located so they can avoid dangerous areas. Band-13, the so-called "clean" longwave infrared band, is primarily used to monitor clouds and storm intensity. The effects linked to coronal holes are generally milder than those of coronal mass ejections, but when the outflow of solar particles in intense, they can still pose risks to Earth. Over the next several weeks, scientists will use this technology to collect measurements over various parts of Earth, from arid desert and areas of dense vegetation, to open oceans and storms exhibiting lightning activity--nearly everything NOAA’s GOES satellites see from their orbit 22,300 miles above the Earth. SEISS is better able to detect changes in the radiation belt caused by solar storms than the previous generation of NOAA geostationary satellites. GOES satellites are designated with a letter prior to launch and a number once they achieve geostationary orbit. It has to do with leap years. After GOES-17 is commissioned, SEISS will be used by SWPC to issue the radiation belt alerts. GEO-XO planning continues to move forward. The Magnetometers on the GOES-R series of satellites, with five times higher resolution, expands the wave frequencies observed from both types of waves allowing us to undertake research into new space weather products that help forecasters better forecast the likelihood that elevated levels of dangerous energetic particles will occur during space weather events. After landing, the satellite was moved to its storage facility where technicians quickly began work to unpack and inspect the satellite. Engineers were able to mitigate the issue through operational changes to the instrument and mission operations, including the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques, to restore most of the ABI’s functionality. Data from the instrument is also used to produce a long-term database to track decadal changes in lightning activity. A blockage in the loop heat pipe of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), the primary instrument on NOAA’s GOES-17 satellite, prevented the instrument from cooling properly and impeded its ability to collect data, according to a special Mishap Investigation Board. Jana Luis, division chief of predictive services, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE). As we head into the peak of hurricane season, a new feature story takes a look at the record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season so far and the critical information NOAA satellites provide for forecasting and tracking tropical storms and hurricanes. Our subject matter experts will show how to use satellite data products to analyze specific environmental scenarios such as severe convection, tropical storms, flooding, fire weather, air quality, and more. Learn more about GOES-16’s transition to operations. NOAA released imagery from the visible and near-infrared bands not affected by the cooling system issue in May. Your task is to go on a scavenger hunt to learn all about weather–from snowflakes to firestorms, to hurricanes and many things in between! The satellites also provide unique capabilities to relay data directly to users to meet critical needs. 301-713-0214 Students will use data from the GOES-16 and GOES-17 satellites to investigate weather and natural hazards. You can also get live launch updates and follow along on Twitter by following @NOAAsatellites and checking in right here on the official GOES-R launch page. This toolkit includes an overview of the GOES-R Series and data products, how to access GOES-R data and imagery, how to display the data, and frequently asked questions. This layer can travel and impact locations thousands of miles away from its African origins. This new sunspot activity could be a sign that the sun is possibly revving up to the new cycle and has passed through minimum. The ABI has experienced technical issues with its cooling system during the orbital check-out phase of GOES-17's six instruments -- the other five are performing normally. GOES-R is now GOES-16! La Nina — translated from Spanish as “little girl”— is a natural ocean-atmospheric phenomenon marked by cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator. Anyone who has access to this technical distribution system will be able to receive the preliminary, non-operational data. The program is working to determine initial Level 1 requirements by the end of this calendar year and preparing to issue the RFP for the GEO-XO Imager Phase A study contracts in November. Two instruments from GOES-Q have been sitting in storage for years, essentially collecting dust instead of weather data. This will occur roughly three and a half hours after liftoff. Learn about five notable instances when this has occurred and their effects. Geomagnetic storms, caused by eruptions on the surface of the sun, can interfere with communications and navigation systems, cause damage to satellites, cause health risks to astronauts, and threaten power utilities. Solar flares are huge eruptions of energy on the sun and often produce clouds of plasma traveling more than a million miles an hour. For example, thanks to combinable image channels on GOES-S (known as “multispectral imagery”), forecasters will be able to distinguish between clouds, snow-covered ground, and sea ice around Alaska’s coasts. On April 10, 2020, major flooding was occurring over much of the Red River and its tributaries due to seasonal snow melt. ABI is a multi-channel passive imaging radiometer that observes the Western Hemisphere and provides variable area imagery and radiometric information of Earth’s surface, atmosphere and cloud cover. Once a satellite is successfully launched, there is a still a lot of work that goes into making sure it’s ready to provide data for your local weather forecast.