IMPORTANT: The images provided on this page are from servers at the Satellite Services Division, a Division of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). These images are not from the National Hurricane Center. If you are experiencing problems accessing these images, contact Satellite Services Division.
The GOES Imager Tutorial and the Satellite Imagery FAQ are available to answer your questions on these images.
Tropical Satellite Imagery System Status If you are experiencing difficulties accessing the images, try these sites:
- ERS-2 Scatterometer Winds
- QuickScat Scatterometer Winds
- More AMSU Products from CIRA
- RAMSDIS Online - Tropical
- NASA Global Hydrology and Climate Center
- The Geostationary Satellite Server - Tropical Page
- NCAR-RAP Real Time Weather Data (CONUS Only)
- NOAA/NESDIS Office of Research and Applications FPDT
- NOAA/NESDIS ORA Storm Centered Derived Winds
- University of Wisconsin SSEC GOES-East Images
- University of Wisconsin CIMSS Tropical Cyclones
GOES-8/10 Hurricane Sectors
Atlantic Hurricane RegionVisible IR Water Vapor
Pacific Hurricane RegionVisible IR Water Vapor
Gulf of Mexico Hurricane RegionVisible IR Water Vapor
East Coast RegionVisible IR Water Vapor
More Satellite Imagery and Image Loops
GOES-East (Every hour)
Western Atlantic and
Caribbean SectorVisible Image - Loop Infrared Image - Loop Shortwave IR Image - Loop IR (color enhanced) Image - Loop Water Vapor Image - Loop Gulf of Mexico Sector
Visible Image - Loop Infrared Image - Loop Shortwave IR Image - Loop Water Vapor Image - Loop Northwest Atlantic Sector
Visible Image - Loop Infrared Image - Loop ShortwaveIR Image - Loop Water Vapor Image - Loop DMSP SSM/I
Microwave Imagery
Western Atlantic and
Caribbean SectorPrecipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop Surface Winds Image - Loop Gulf of Mexico Sector
Precipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop Surface Winds Image - Loop Northwest Atlantic Sector
Precipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop Surface Winds Image - Loop East Atlantic Sector
Precipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop Surface Winds Image - Loop AMSU Imagery
Western Atlantic and
Caribbean SectorPrecipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop Gulf of Mexico Sector
Precipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop Northwest Atlantic Sector
Precipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop East Atlantic Sector
Precipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop NASA TRMM Imagery
Western Atlantic and
Caribbean SectorRain Rate Image Gulf of Mexico Sector
Rain Rate Image East Atlantic Sector
Rain Rate Image METEOSAT-7 (Every 6 hours)
Eastern Atlantic SectorVisible Image - Loop Infrared Image - Loop IR (color enhanced) Image - Loop Water Vapor Image - Loop POES Composite (Daily)
Sea Surface Temperatures
Atlantic and
East Pacific SectorCurrent Image - Loop GOES Storm Floater 1
(Every 1/2 Hour)
Visible Image - Loop Infrared Image - Loop Shortwave IR Image - Loop Dvorak IR Image - Loop Water Vapor Image - Loop GOES Storm Floater 2
(Every 1/2 Hour)
Visible Image - Loop Infrared Image - Loop Shortwave IR Image - Loop Dvorak IR Image - Loop Water Vapor Image - Loop
The Dvorak Technique explained GOES-East (Every Hour)
East Pacific SectorVisible Image - Loop Infrared Image - Loop Shortwave IR Image - Loop Water Vapor Image - Loop GOES-West (Every Hour)
Central Pacific SectorVisible Image - Loop Infrared Image - Loop Shortwave IR Image - Loop Water Vapor Image - Loop North East Pacific Sector
Visible Image - Loop Infrared Image - Loop Shortwave IR Image - Loop IR (color enhanced) Image - Loop Water Vapor Image - Loop DMSP SSM/I
Microwave Imagery
East Pacific SectorPrecipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop Surface Winds Image - Loop Central Pacific Sector
Precipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop Surface Winds Image - Loop North East Pacific Sector
Precipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop Surface Winds Image - Loop AMSU Imagery
East Pacific SectorPrecipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop Central Pacific Sector
Precipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop North East Pacific Sector
Precipitable Water Image - Loop Rain Rate Image - Loop
NASA TRMM Imagery
East Pacific SectorRain Rate Image Central Pacific Sector
Rain Rate Image
Even More Satellite Imagery and Image Loops
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Eastern and Central Pacific
Satellite images courtesy of NESDIS Satellite Services Division (NOAA)
(except for IR color enhanced, which are courtesy of
CIMSS University of Wisconsin-Madison).
