Hurricane Force low in the East Pacific Ocean

By Scott Bachmeier • 7 January 2019

GOES-17 Low-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images [click to play MP4 animation]

* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *

GOES-17 Low-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images (above) showed the intensification of a Hurricane Force low over the East Pacific Ocean on 07 January 2019 (surface analyses).

A comparison of NOAA-20 VIIRS True Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images at 2150 UTC as viewed using RealEarth is shown below.

NOAA-20 VIIRS True Color RGB and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images at 2150 UTC [click to enlarge]

Categories: GOES-17, NOAA-20, RealEarth, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images, VIIRS