GOES-16 ABI Band 1 (0.47 µm) and color-coded GLM parallax-corrected observations of lightning groups for each 1 minute in the 5 minutes prior to the nominal time of the ABI image (red: oldest; yellow: latest), 1247-1332 UTC on 25 August 2017 (Click to enlarge)
The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) on GOES-16 allows observations of lightning associated with Hurricane Harvey in the Gulf of Mexico. The animation above, from 1247 to 1332 UTC on 25 August 2017, shows lightning group observations every minute, color-coded by time (red is the oldest, yellow is the most recent, corresponding to the nominal time of the ABI Image), superimposed on GOES-16 ABI Channel 1 Visible Imagery (0.47 µm). Most of the Hurricane lightning is in the outer bands of the storm, with very little in the central core. This distribution is not unusual.
(Thanks to Dave Santek, SSEC, for this animation!)
from CIMSS Satellite Blog http://ift.tt/2wboM6a
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