GOES-19 (Preliminary/Non-operational) True Color RGB images, from 1511-2156 UTC on 14 January [click to play MP4 animation]

5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (Preliminary/Non-operational) True Color RGB images — created using Geo2Grid (below) displayed ice in southwestern/southern Lake Michigan that was being driven away from the coastlines of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana by gusty NW winds on 14th January 2025.

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Visible images (below) included plots of surface and buoy reports — which showed wind gusts in the 25-30 knot range at several sites near the Lake Michigan coast.

GOES-16 Visible images with plots of 15-minute METAR surface reports (yellow) and hourly Buoy reports (cyan) [click to play MP4 animation]

A sequence of GOES-19 True Color RGB images during the daytime hours on 13/14/15 January (below) revealed a gradual growth in nearshore ice across southwestern/southern Lake Michigan during that 3-day period, as cold air remained in place across that area.

GOES-19 (Preliminary/Non-operational) True Color RGB images during the daytime hours on 13/14/15 January [click to play MP4 animation]

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