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Stories by Scott Bachmeier

Post-Tropical Cyclone Kiko north of Hawai’i

5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) Infrared images (above) revealed the exposed low-level circulation center (LLCC) of Tropical Storm Kiko as the system continued to weaken north of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, and downgraded to a Post-Tropical Cyclone at 1500 UTC on 10 September 2025. Clusters of deep convection developed north... Read More

Severe thunderstorms produce giant hail and isolated tornadoes in the Southern Plains

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible and Infrared images (above) included time-matched (+/- 3 minutes) SPC Storm Reports — which showed discrete supercell thunderstorms that produced giant hail (as large as 4.00 inches in diameter in southwest Kansas at 2215 UTC and 2343 UTC, and 3.50 inches in diameter in the northeast Texas Panhandle... Read More