Satellite Images of Harvey

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GOES-16 captured this loop of Hurricane Harvey showing cloud cover and optical lightning emissions on August 25-26, 2017.

This loop was created by combining infrared imagery from GOES-16's Advanced Baseline Imager, which is useful for determining the cloud features both day and night, with imagery from the satellite's Geostationary Lightning Mapper, which observes total lightning (both in-cloud and cloud-to-ground) day and night across the Western Hemisphere. Forecasters can use this kind of imagery depicting both cloud cover and lightning flashes to get a better sense of storm intensification and thunderstorm severity during dangerous weather conditions.

To learn more about GOES-16's Advanced Baseline Imager and Geostationary Lightning Mapper, and how they can work in concert to will improve the forecasting and monitoring of dangerous weather, go to www.goes-r.gov.

Please note: GOES-16 data are currently experimental and under-going testing and hence should not be used operationally.