GOES Atmospheric Soundings

North American Cities and Adjacent Coastal Waters

NESDIS Office of Research and Applications


General information on interpretation of atmospheric temperature and moisture soundingsderived from GOES satellite data.

Complete Station List of GOES Soundings
Latest GOES Soundings Locations Plotted Over Infrared Satellite Cloud Image.

Click on location (designated by three - five digit code on map below to display GOES satellite derived temperature and moisture sounding.

NOTE: GOES satellite soundings are available only when sky conditions are clear or partly cloudy.
In cloudy conditions, or when GOES sounder data is missing, a message 'Sounding Unavailable' will be displayed.

For more information please contact

Hank Drahos, Chief, FPDT

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Last Updated 12/15/2003