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18:01Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331801175_e20240331803548_c20240331803583.nc
18:06Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331806175_e20240331808548_c20240331808576.nc
18:11Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331811175_e20240331813548_c20240331813575.nc
18:16Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331816175_e20240331818548_c20240331818578.nc
18:21Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331821175_e20240331823548_c20240331823574.nc
18:26Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331826175_e20240331828548_c20240331828581.nc
18:31Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331831175_e20240331833548_c20240331833583.nc
18:36Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331836175_e20240331838548_c20240331838579.nc
18:41Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331841175_e20240331843548_c20240331843576.nc
18:46Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331846175_e20240331848548_c20240331848583.nc
18:51Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331851175_e20240331853548_c20240331853582.nc
18:56Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331856175_e20240331858548_c20240331858575.nc
19:01Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331901175_e20240331903548_c20240331903589.nc
19:06Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331906175_e20240331908548_c20240331908581.nc
19:11Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331911175_e20240331913548_c20240331913583.nc
19:16Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331916175_e20240331918548_c20240331918575.nc
19:21Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331921175_e20240331923548_c20240331923575.nc
19:26Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331926175_e20240331928548_c20240331928580.nc
19:31Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331931175_e20240331933548_c20240331933576.nc
19:36Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331936175_e20240331938548_c20240331938575.nc
19:41Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331941175_e20240331943548_c20240331943585.nc
19:46Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331946175_e20240331948548_c20240331948582.nc
19:51Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331951175_e20240331953548_c20240331953584.nc
19:56Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240331956175_e20240331958548_c20240331958576.nc
20:01Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332001175_e20240332003548_c20240332003583.nc
20:06Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332006175_e20240332008548_c20240332008579.nc
20:11Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332011175_e20240332013548_c20240332013575.nc
20:16Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332016175_e20240332018548_c20240332018575.nc
20:21Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332021175_e20240332023548_c20240332023575.nc
20:26Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332026175_e20240332028548_c20240332028578.nc
20:31Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332031175_e20240332033548_c20240332033583.nc
20:36Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332036175_e20240332038548_c20240332038580.nc
20:41Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332041175_e20240332043548_c20240332043582.nc
20:46Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332046175_e20240332048548_c20240332048577.nc
20:51Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332051175_e20240332053548_c20240332053590.nc
20:56Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332056175_e20240332058548_c20240332058590.nc
21:01Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332101175_e20240332103548_c20240332103589.nc
21:06Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332106175_e20240332108548_c20240332108588.nc
21:11Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332111175_e20240332113548_c20240332113583.nc
21:16Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332116175_e20240332118548_c20240332118575.nc
21:21Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332121175_e20240332123548_c20240332123577.nc
21:26Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332126175_e20240332128548_c20240332128586.nc
21:31Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332131175_e20240332133548_c20240332133579.nc
21:36Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332136175_e20240332138548_c20240332138575.nc
21:41Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332141175_e20240332143548_c20240332143587.nc
21:46Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332146175_e20240332148548_c20240332148581.nc
21:51Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332151175_e20240332153548_c20240332153578.nc
21:56Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332156175_e20240332158548_c20240332158575.nc
22:01Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332201175_e20240332203548_c20240332203583.nc
22:06Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332206175_e20240332208548_c20240332208585.nc
22:11Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332211175_e20240332213548_c20240332213578.nc
22:16Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332216175_e20240332218548_c20240332218577.nc
22:21Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332221175_e20240332223548_c20240332223575.nc
22:26Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332226175_e20240332228548_c20240332228578.nc
22:31Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332231175_e20240332233548_c20240332233577.nc
22:36Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332236175_e20240332238548_c20240332238574.nc
22:41Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332241175_e20240332243548_c20240332243575.nc
22:46Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332246175_e20240332248548_c20240332248577.nc
22:51Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332251175_e20240332253548_c20240332253579.nc
22:56Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332256175_e20240332258548_c20240332258574.nc
23:01Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332301175_e20240332303548_c20240332303575.nc
23:06Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332306175_e20240332308548_c20240332308578.nc
23:11Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332311175_e20240332313548_c20240332313580.nc
23:16Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332316175_e20240332318548_c20240332318575.nc OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332316175_e20240332318548_c20240332318575.nc
23:21Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332321175_e20240332323548_c20240332323580.nc
23:26Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332326175_e20240332328548_c20240332328580.nc
23:31Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332331175_e20240332333548_c20240332333574.nc
23:36Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332336175_e20240332338548_c20240332338578.nc
23:41Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332341175_e20240332343548_c20240332343580.nc
23:46Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332346175_e20240332348548_c20240332348579.nc
23:51Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332351175_e20240332353548_c20240332353576.nc
23:56Z 2 OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C02_G16_s20240332356175_e20240332358548_c20240332358576.nc

Source files provided by the "NOAA Geostationay Operational Environment Satellites (GOES) 16, 17, 18 & 19" dataset on the AWS Data Exchange.

GeoTIFF files

These files can be viewed in most image viewers. Import into Google Earth Pro (the desktop version) to view as a layer on a map.

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18:00Z conus_goes_vis4km_1800.tif
18:15Z conus_goes_vis4km_1815.tif
18:30Z conus_goes_vis4km_1830.tif
18:45Z conus_goes_vis4km_1845.tif
19:00Z conus_goes_vis4km_1900.tif
19:15Z conus_goes_vis4km_1915.tif
19:30Z conus_goes_vis4km_1930.tif
19:45Z conus_goes_vis4km_1945.tif
20:00Z conus_goes_vis4km_2000.tif
20:15Z conus_goes_vis4km_2015.tif
20:30Z conus_goes_vis4km_2030.tif
20:45Z conus_goes_vis4km_2045.tif
21:00Z conus_goes_vis4km_2100.tif
21:15Z conus_goes_vis4km_2115.tif
21:30Z conus_goes_vis4km_2130.tif
21:45Z conus_goes_vis4km_2145.tif
22:00Z conus_goes_vis4km_2200.tif
22:15Z conus_goes_vis4km_2215.tif
22:30Z conus_goes_vis4km_2230.tif
22:45Z conus_goes_vis4km_2245.tif
23:00Z conus_goes_vis4km_2300.tif
23:15Z conus_goes_vis4km_2315.tif
23:30Z conus_goes_vis4km_2330.tif
23:45Z conus_goes_vis4km_2345.tif

GeoTiff files provided by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet of Iowa State University.

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