Satellite Imagery

NOTE: The terms Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and Zulu (Z) are equivalent.

Table of Contents

• Atlantic and Gulf of America
• Pacific

Atlantic Images

NOTICE: The following links below are external to the Ocean Prediction Center and we are unable to answer questions about the images. You are referred to the NOAA NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) for questions or comments on the images listed below for the Atlantic and Gulf of America regions. Questions about the Pacific region should be directed to NOAA NESDIS Satellite Services Division (SSD).

Atlantic and Gulf of America GOES East

• Full Disk - every 10 minutes
• US CONUS (lower 48) - every 5 minutes
• US Regional - every 5 minutes
• Mesoscale ("Floaters" tasked to follow significant events) - every minute

Atlantic METEOSAT (every 6 hours)

Eastern Atlantic Sector

• Visible Image - Loop
• Infrared Image - Loop
• Water Vapor Image - Loop

Northeastern Atlantic Sector

• Visible Image - Loop
• Infrared Image - Loop
• Water Vapor Image - Loop

Pacific Images

GOES Hurricane Sectors For Northeast Pacific

• Visible - Loop - Infrared - Water Vapor

Pacific GOES East (every 30 minutes)

Northeast Pacific Sector

• Visible Image - Loop
• Infrared Image - Loop
• Dvorak Image - Loop
• Water Vapor Image - Loop

East Pacific Sector

• Visible Image - Loop
• Infrared Image - Loop
• Dvorak Image - Loop
• Water Vapor Image - Loop

GOES West (every 30 minutes)

Central Pacific Sector

• Visible Image - Loop
• Infrared Image - Loop
• Dvorak Image - Loop
• Water Vapor Image - Loop

Himawari-8 (every 30 minutes)

West Central Pacific Sector

• Visible Image - Loop
• Infrared Image-Loop
• Dvorak Image - Loop
• Water Vapor Image - Loop

Northwest Pacific Sector

• Visible Image - Loop
• Infrared Image - Loop
• Water Vapor Image - Loop

Additional Imagery

• Pacific Tropical