![Himawari-8 Lower-level (7.3 µm, left), Mid-level (6.9 µm, center) and Upper-level (6.2 µm, right) Water Vapor images, with hourly surface wind gusts (knots) plotted in red [click to play MP4 animation]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/HIM08_WATER_VAPOR_26NOV2017_EXP_960x427_B1098_2017330_070000_0003PANELS_00060.GIF)
Himawari-8 Lower-level (7.3 µm, left), Mid-level (6.9 µm, center) and Upper-level (6.2 µm, right) Water Vapor images, with hourly surface wind gusts (knots) plotted in red [click to play MP4 animation]
Himawari-8 Lower-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images
(above) showed a strong storm as it was rapidly intensifying south of the Aleutian Islands and moving into the Bering Sea during the 25-26 November 2017 period (
surface analyses), producing hurricane force winds. Hourly surface wind gusts (knots) are plotted in red on the images.
GOES-15 (GOES-West) Visible (0.63 µm) images during the daylight hours of 25 and 26 November (below) offered a more detailed view of the storm. As with the water vapor images above, hourly surface wind gusts (knots) are plotted in red on the images.
![GOES-15 Visible (0.63 µm) images, with hourly surface wind gusts (knots) plotted in red [click to play animation]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/960x1280_AGOES15_B1_GOES15_VIS_BERING_SEA_26NOV2017_2017330_213000_0001PANEL.GIF)
GOES-15 Visible (0.63 µm) images, with hourly surface wind gusts (knots) plotted in red [click to play animation]
A plot of hourly surface observations from Adak Island in the Aleutians is shown below.
Peak wind gusts of 91 mph were reported on Adak Island and at Unalaska.
![Time series of surface observations for Adak, Alaska [click to enlarge]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171125-26_PADK_SFCMG.GIF)
Time series of surface observations for Adak, Alaska [click to enlarge]
Also of note: the surface pressure at St. Paul Island dropped to unusually low levels as the storm moved into the Bering Sea.
![Time series of surface observations from St. Paul Island [click to enlarge]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171125-26_PASN_SFCMG.GIF)
Time series of surface observations from St. Paul Island [click to enlarge]
![GOES-16 Low-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images [click to play animation | MP4]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/180801_goes16_water_vapor_Arctic_Canada_anim.gif)
![Magnified view of GOES-16 Mid-level (6.9 µm) Water Vapor image, showing the pixel dimension over Nunavut, Canada [click to enlarge]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dist_fdwv9-20180801_230041.png)
![GOES-16 Water Vapor weighting function plots calculated using 12 UTC rawinsonde data from Baker Lake, Nunavut [click to enlarge]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/180801_12utc_cybk_wv_wf.jpeg)
![Landsat-8 False Color RGB image swaths, zoomed in to show the iceberg near Innaarsuit, Greenland [click to enlarge]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/180720_1600utc_landsat8_falsecolor_Innaarsuit_Greenland_iceberg_anim.gif)
![GOES-15 Visible (0.63 µm) images, with hourly plots of wind barbs [click to play animation]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/180610_goes15_visible_PAEH_AK_waves_anim.gif)
![Terra MODIS, Aqua MODIS and Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color RGB images [click to enlarge]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/180610_modis_viirs_truecolor_PAEH_anim.gif)
![Landsat-8 false-color RGB image [click to enlarge]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/180610_2151utc_landsat8_falsecolor_PAEH.jpeg)
![Time series plot of Cape Newenham surface observations [click to enlarge]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/180610_PAEH_SFCMG.GIF)
![GOES-15 Visible (0.63 µm) images, with hourly surface wind gusts (knots) plotted in red [click to play animation]](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171125-26_goes15_visible_wind_gusts_Bering_Sea_anim.gif)
