Strong Storm in the Mediterranean
Meteosat-10 10.8 µm infrared channel images (click to play animation)
Cyclone Cleopatra moved through the central Mediterranean Sea, causing flooding in Italy and Sardinia (BBC News Link) with northeastern Sardinia particularly hard hit. The infrared imagery from Meteosat-10, above, and the water vapor imagery, below, shows the slow movement of the entire system within the Mediterranean basin, as well as the strong thunderstorms over Sardinia later in the day on 18 November. Note in the Infrared animation that the minor eruption of Etna, on Sicily, is apparent (as documented here).
Meteosat-10 6.2 µm water vapor channel images (click to play animation)
A higher-resolution view centered on Sardinia, below, shows the redevelopment of strong thunderstorms (inferred by cold cloud tops on the IR imagery) over Sardinia ending after 1800 UTC on 18 November as dry air swept north. The visible imagery (bottom) is also testimony to the training aspect of this convection. (Hat tip to Byron Grisham at NOAA/OSPO for alerting us about this noteworthy storm)
Meteosat-10 10.8 µm infrared channel images (click to play animation)
Meteosat-10 0.7 µm visible channel images (click to play animation)