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Deep cyclone over Hudson Bay

By Scott Bachmeier •

GOES-13 Water Vapor (6.5 µm) images, with hourly surface observations [click to play animation]

GOES-13 Water Vapor (6.5 µm) images, with hourly surface observations [click to play animation]

GOES-13 (GOES-East) Water Vapor (6.5 µm) images (above) showed the intensification of a strong cyclone over Hudson Bay, Canada during the 09 August – 10 August 2016 period; the cyclone deepened to a central pressure of 980 hPa (28.94″ of mercury) at 06 UTC on 10 August.

Daily composites of Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images visualized using RealEarth (below) showed the storm on 08, 09 and 10 August.

Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color RGB images [click to enlarge]

Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color RGB images [click to enlarge]

Categories: GOES-13, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images, Suomi NPP, VIIRS