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Category 4 Hurricanes Kilo, Ignacio, and Jimena in the Pacific Ocean

By Scott Bachmeier •

Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color image composite [click to enlarge]

Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color image composite [click to enlarge]

A composite of Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from the SSEC RealEarth site (above; click to enlarge) showed Hurricanes Kilo, Ignacio, and Jimena in the central and eastern North Pacific Ocean on 29 August 2015. All three of these Category 4 North Pacific hurricanes were located east of the International Dateline, which is the first such occurrence since reliable records began in the satellite era.

An animation of GOES-15 (GOES-West) Infrared (10.7 µm) images (below; click image to play animation) showed the evolution of these 3 tropical cyclones during the 29-30 August period.

GOES-15 Infrared (10.7 µm) images [click to play animation]

GOES-15 Infrared (10.7 µm) images [click to play animation]

The MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product (below; click image to play animation) indicated that all 3 storms were easily able to tap abundant moisture from the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).

MIMIC TPW product [click to play animation]

MIMIC TPW product [click to play animation]

A longer animation of the MIMIC TPW product covering the period 21 August to 01 September is shown below.

MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product [click to play animation]

MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product [click to play animation]

Categories: GOES-15, RealEarth, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images, Suomi NPP, Tropical cyclones, VIIRS