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![NOAA Satellites See the Birth of Tropical Storm Delta](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
On Oct. 5, 2020, NOAA's GOES-East satellite watched Tropical Storm Delta form in the Caribbean Sea.
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![GOES-R Global Partnerships](/s3/migrated/goes_r_images.jpg)
Imagery and data from NOAA's GOES-R satellite is a game-changer for U.S. and Western Hemisphere, and global partners…
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![GOES-R Series Spacecraft & Instruments](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
This is a description of all the instruments onboard GOES-R
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![Earth from Orbit: Record Heat and Drought is Raising Wildfire Risk](/s3/2021-07/2021_07_01_RecordHeatAndDroughtRaisingRiskofWildfire_STILL_TEXT%20%281%29.png)
The western U.S. has seen record-breaking high temperatures over the past week as a heat dome, or mass of warm air, blankets…
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![A High-Altitude Plane takes to the Sky for NOAA's GOES-16 Field Campaign](/s3/migrated/ER2.gif.gif)
Flying out of Palmdale, California, a NASA’s ER-2 high-altitude plane and its suite of highly specialized instruments…
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Meteorologist Stephanie Stevenson, Ph.D., has been selected as the 2023 winner of NOAA’s prestigious David S. Johnson Award.
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![Supercell Storms Produce Spate of Tornadoes](/s3/migrated/gifalagastorms.gif)
The timelapse seen above in our Image of the Day captures the supercell thunderstorms that swept over parts of the landscape…
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![Scientists Begin Field Campaign for NOAA’s GOES-16](/s3/migrated/afrc2016-0105-15.jpg)
GOES-16 is ready to embark on another major milestone— The GOES-16 Field Campaign! During this three-month event, an…
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![Tropical Depression 17 in the Gulf of Mexico](/s3/migrated/2019-10-25-largeokay.jpg)
October 25, 2019, NOAA's GOES-East is keeping watch over Tropical Depression 17 in the Gulf of Mexico.
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![Winter’s on its Way — NOAA Satellites Have You Covered](/s3/migrated/PHOTO-2017-Winter-Outlook_Through-the-snowstorm-iStock-641688354-1125x534-Landscape.jpg)
Winter is just around the corner, and NOAA’s U.S. winter outlook for 2019-20 is out.
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![The Best Moments of 2017 - NOAA Satellite and Information Service](/s3/migrated/goes_16_launch.png)
As the Earth completes its 2017 journey around the Sun, NOAA's fleet of satellites had an amazing view along the way.…
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![We have lift off! NOAA’s GOES-R satellite heads to orbit](/s3/2021-07/GOES-R_Launch_Day_111916%20%283%20of%201%29.jpeg)
GOES-R, the first of NOAA’s highly advanced geostationary weather satellites, has successfully lifted off from Cape…
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![Forecasting Weather for the Weather Satellite Launch](/s3/2022-03/main-image-background-1920x1080.jpg)
In the days leading up to a launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base, most of the attention is focused on preparing the rocket…
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![Earth from Orbit: Supercells Strike Louisiana and Texas](/s3/2021-06/2021_05_20_SupercellsTXLA_TITLE_TEXT_Still.png)
Severe storms struck the South Central U.S. (Louisiana and Texas), producing heavy rain, extensive flooding, damaging winds…
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![Minnesota’s Greenwood Fire Doubles in Size](/s3/2021-08/20210824_greenwoodfirev2.gif)
NOAA’s GOES East satellite had its eye on Minnesota’s Greenwood Fire on August 23, as the wildfire nearly doubled in size.