18 Oct 2021 - 17:23 EDT
18 Oct 2021 - 21:23 UTC

GOES-West - Latest PACUS Images*

Images updated every 5 minutes.

GeoColor

True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 10.71 MB)
GeoTIFF, (TIF, 14.6 MB)

GLM FED3+GeoColor

Lightning flash extent density over GeoColor
18 Oct 2021 - 21:16 UTC

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AirMass RGB

RGB based on data from IR & water vapor
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 6.86 MB)

Sandwich RGB

Blend combines IR band 13 with visual band 3
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 8.43 MB)

Derived Motion Winds

Derived Motion Winds
18 Oct 2021 - 20:46 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 26.06 MB)

Day Cloud Phase RGB

RGB for evaluating phase of cooling cloud tops
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Nighttime Microphysics

RGB to distinguish clouds from fog
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Fire Temperature RGB

RGB used to highlight fires
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Dust RGB

RGB for identifying tropospheric dust
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Band 1

0.47 µm
Blue - Visible
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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10000 x 6000 px, (ZIP, 5.1 MB)

Band 2

0.64 µm
Red - Visible
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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10000 x 6000 px, (ZIP, 8.13 MB)
Animated GIF, (GIF, 8.13 MB)
KMZ, (KMZ, 8.06 MB)

Band 3

0.86 µm
Veggie - Near IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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10000 x 6000 px, (ZIP, 7.42 MB)

Band 4

1.37 µm
Cirrus - Near IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Band 5

1.6 µm
Snow/Ice - Near IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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10000 x 6000 px, (ZIP, 6.93 MB)

Band 6

2.2 µm
Cloud Particle - Near IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Band 7

3.9 µm
Shortwave Window - IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 4.84 MB)
KMZ, (KMZ, 3.78 MB)

Band 8

6.2 µm
Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 5.73 MB)
KMZ, (KMZ, 4.55 MB)

Band 9

6.9 µm
Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Band 10

7.3 µm
Lower-level Water Vapor - IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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KMZ, (KMZ, 6.38 MB)

Band 11

8.4 µm
Cloud Top - IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Band 12

9.6 µm
Ozone - IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Band 13

10.3 µm
Clean Longwave Window - IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 5.46 MB)
KMZ, (KMZ, 4.79 MB)

Band 14

11.2 µm
Longwave Window - IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 5.5 MB)

Band 15

12.3 µm
Dirty Longwave Window - IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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Band 16

13.3 µm
CO₂ Longwave - IR
18 Oct 2021 - 21:11 UTC

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5000 x 3000 px, (JPG, 3.35 MB)
Animated GIF, (GIF, 8.92 MB)
KMZ, (KMZ, 10.5 MB)

*GOES-17 Infrared Image Quality

During post-launch testing of the GOES-17 ABI instrument, an issue with the instrument's cooling system was discovered. The loop heat pipe (LHP) subsystem, which transfers heat from the ABI electronics to the radiator, is not operating at its designed capacity. The consequence of this is that the ABI detectors cannot be maintained at their intended temperatures under certain orbital conditions. This is preventing adequate cooling for some of the infrared (IR) channels on the instrument during parts of the night, leading to partial loss of ABI imagery. Learn more.