Hurricane Lorenzo in the Atlantic Ocean
GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed Hurricane Lorenzo as it rapidly intensified from a Category 2 storm at 00 UTC to a Category 4 storm by 15 UTC (ADT | SATCON) on 26 September 2019.
A toggle between VIIRS True Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images from Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 as viewed using RealEarth (below) provided a detailed view of the eye and eyewall region of Lorenzo at 1542 UTC and 1632 UTC. On the Suomi NPP Infrared image, note the transverse banding northwest of the eye, and a small packet of gravity waves southwest of the eye.
A DMSP-18 SSMIS Microwave (85 GHz) image from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (below) revealed a well-defined eyewall wrapping around the southern, eastern and northern periphery of the eye.