More of a ‘gee whiz’ post than anything of true operational importance. I thought it interesting that while in many instances you don’t see a big change in the MesoAnywhere images from the ‘real’ GOES images at x1 and x6 minutes, vs the interpolated MesoAnywhere imagery, you can tell if you look closely at sharply defined convective clouds with ‘active’ cloud tops full of bubbling and roiling features. The real imagery (example in Fig. 1) will show features that appear somewhat sharper than the interpolated MesoAnywhere imagery (example in Fig. 2).

Fig. 1. 2126Z ‘Real’ GOES-East Day Cloud Phase Distinction imagery (Right).

Fig. 2. 2128Z Interpolated MesoAnywhere’ GOES-East Day Cloud Phase Distinction imagery. (Left)

– Marko Ramius