Looking for real-time satellite imagery? NOAA's advanced satellites provide constant monitoring of global weather events around the world 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The GOES East and West satellites provide frequently updated visible and infrared images of the U.S. territories every 30 minutes, while the Suomi NPP satellite provides highly detailed images of the planet every day. This colorized infrared imagery, showing the last three days of weather over the United States, is just one e

Here's a 24-hour loop via NOAA's GOES East satellite of the thunderstorms (and lightning) that swept through the southern U.S. from yesterday through today. The severe storms killed at least 2 people, produced >36 reported tornadoes, damaging wind gusts, and golf ball-sized hail. | NOAA Satellite and Information Service