Strong storm in the Gulf of Alaska
POES AVHRR 0.86 µm visible channel and 12.0 µm IR channel images
A strong storm (with a central pressure near 950 hPa or 28.05″) had been intensifying over the Gulf of Alaska on 02 November 2012, and eventually began to enhibit a classic tightly-wrapped signature of a cyclone that had reached the occluded stage on POES AVHRR 0.86 µm visible channel and 12.0 µ IR images at 19:05 UTC (above) and also on MODIS 0.64 µm visible channel and 11.0 µm IR channel images at 21:00 UTC (below). This storm was producing widespread storm-force winds, with some gusts to hurricane force over the western Gulf of Alaska.
MODIS 0.64 µm visible channel and 11.0 µm IR channel images