LAB PREVIEW · FIXTURE MODE

Satellite + lightning

See the atmosphere evolve over Pennsylvania with CPA-owned, time-indexed GOES imagery and GLM total-lightning activity.

Deterministic previewno upstream required

iObservation context, not a warning service. Satellite and lightning layers can be delayed or unavailable. Keep official alerts and the canonical radar/MRMS tools in view.

KCCX

KPBZ

KDIX

100 mi

ABI infrared brightnesscold cloud topswarmer

FRESH14:50Zsource age 5 min

GOES-19 · ABI-L2-CMIPF · scan complete

TIME CONTROL6-hour rolling window

09:00Z15:00Z

Gaps stay visible — the player never repeats an older image under a newer timestamp.

OBSERVATION LAYERS

Build your view

API v1

GOES imageryABI infrared · cloud-top brightness

GLM lightningTotal lightning activity · 5-minute bin

NWS alertsOfficial warning context · integration point

Surface observationsASOS / mesonet · integration point

RegionProduct

✓GOES-19 East is the current fixture source · GOES-18 West is configured fallback

SOURCE STATUS

FreshABI · 5 min ago

FreshGLM · 2 min ago

Fixture service ready. All frames are deterministic and the backend may be offline.

PROVENANCEWhat am I looking at?⌄

Satellite: GOES-19 East
Product: ABI-L2-CMIPF
Valid / scan end: 2026-09-29 14:51 UTC
Processing: cpa-live-observation-0.1.0
Source: NOAA NODD AWS ↗

CPA Weather Lab is an independent viewer. Stale or unavailable observation data is never evidence of clear weather.

CANONICAL CONTEXT

Radar Beam Atlas ↗MRMS QPE Live ↗Severe Weather Desk ↗

Satellite and lightning augment these products; they do not replace them.

READY FOR THE PRIVATE SERVICE

Typed frames. Honest status. Clear provenance.

01Read-only catalog
allowlisted layers + UTC

02Bounded acquisition
NOAA AWS · no browser keys

03Gap-aware playback
stale never looks current