With GOES-16 now serving as GOES-East and GOES-17 soon-to-be taking over in the West we are continually learning more about the capabilities of the next generation of geostationary weather satellites. Bringing a new format to 2019, this course will showcase a brief overview of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) 16 channels and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). The course will immerse students into 3 different forecasting challenge topics, i.e. Aviation Forecasting, Fire Weather, and Convective Weather with each covering specific GOES-R Series products and applications with hands on case studies and lab exercises.