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

An afternoon view of North America via NOAA's GOES-East satellite shows the clouds and thunderstorms along a cold front pushing across the Midwest and Plains today. | NOAA Satellite and Information Service