It's a new age of weather forecasting

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- NOAA now has a weather satellite that provides higher-resolution details.

The agency's "GOES-16" satellite, lifted-off from Cape Canaveral on November 19th.

Its first images of Earth's Western Hemisphere were just released Monday.

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At four times the image resolution of the existing "GOES" spacecraft, it's like high-definition from the heavens.

The GOES-16 should help forecasters predict the weather with better accuracy.