DescriptionFirst Full Disk Image from GOES-17 as GOES West (40118037553).jpg
GOES-17 is now operational as NOAA’s GOES West. In its new role, GOES-17 is providing faster, more accurate, and more detailed observations for detecting and monitoring Pacific storm systems, fog, wildfires, and other weather phenomena that affect the western United States, Alaska, and Hawaii. Located at 137.2 degrees west longitude, GOES-17 replaces GOES-15 as NOAA’s operational GOES West. GOES-17 joins GOES-16, in operations as NOAA’s GOES East, in delivering high-resolution visible and infrared imagery and lightning observations of more than half the globe – from the west coast of Africa to New Zealand and from near the Arctic Circle to the Antarctic Circle.
Learn more about the benefits GOES-17 is bringing to forecasting in the western U.S. at <a href="
https://go.usa.gov/xEnzB" rel="noreferrer nofollow">go.usa.gov/xEnzB</a>
Check out the new GOES West Image Viewer: <a href="
https://go.usa.gov/xEQqX" rel="noreferrer nofollow">go.usa.gov/xEQqX</a>
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