False Color.
As unfortunate as it is, the GOES-16 satellite is actually colorblind, so colormaps are used to apply color to these images, based on the other image wavelengths as seen below.
This image is not a single channel but a combination of several GOES-R channels along with a polar orbiting satellite.
Clean Infared Bands.
This channel is less sensitive than other infrared window channels to water vapor. Because of this, it can see through some clouds to view ice. This helps to improve corrections to atmospheric moisture and is useful for the estimation of cloud particle sizes.
"Mid-level" Water Vapor band.
Unless higher-level clouds obscure the view, this band can be used for mid- and upper-level water vapor tracking, jet stream identification, hurricane track forecasting, mid-latitude storm forecasting, severe weather analysis, and mid-level moisture estimation.
Dish Setup
This dish has to be super fine tuned in order to receive data from the satellite. Direct line of sight. I was running into issues previously because occasionally the wind would blow a tree's branch in the way of the line of sight, severing the connection.
Zoomed in storm above New Mexico. Visual and Infrared band.
Storm that hit NoVA and DC area. Visual and Infrared band.
High and Low pressure systems as well as other forecasts. Sent from the NWS.
