![Himawari-8 Visible (0.64 µm) and Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images [click to play animation]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/960x640_H8F_B313_HIM08_VIS_IR_DEBBIE_27MAR2017_2017087_014000_0002PANELS.GIF)
Himawari-8 Visible (0.64 µm) and Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images [click to play animation]
Cyclone Debbie formed in the Coral Sea on 22 March 2017, and eventually intensified to a Category 3 storm (
ADT |
SATCON) as it moved southward toward Australia. Himawari-8 Visible (0.64 µm) and Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images
(above) showed the eye of Debbie as it was making landfall in Queensland, near Prosperpine (
YBPN).
![Landsat-8 false-color, with Himawari-8 Visible (0.64 µm) and Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images [click to enlarge]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/170326_2358utc_landsat8_falsecolor_himawari8_visible_infrared_Cyclone_Debbie_anim.gif)
Landsat-8 false-color, with Himawari-8 Visible (0.64 µm) and Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images [click to enlarge]
The Landsat-8 satellite made an overpass of the eye at 2358 UTC
(above), as a large convective burst had developed within the northern semicircle of the eyewall (which was also evident in the corresponding Himawari-8 Visible and Infrared Window images viewed using
RealEarth).
![Himawari-8 Infrared Window (10.4 µm) and GMI Microwave (85 GHZ) Images around 1430 UTC on 27 March [click to enlarge]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/170327_1426utc_gmi_microwave_1430_utc_himawari8_infrared_Cyclone_Debbie_anim.gif)
Himawari-8 Infrared Window (10.4 µm) and GMI Microwave (85 GHZ) Images around 1430 UTC on 27 March [click to enlarge]
Debbie was undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle as the storm center approached the coast — this was evident in Microwave (85 GHz) images from GMI at 1425
(above) and SSMIS at 2017 UTC
(below) from the
CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site.
![Himawari-8 Infrared Window (10.4 µm) and DMSP-18 SSMIS Microwave (85 GHz) images around 2017 UTC on 27 March [click to enlarge]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/170327_2017utc_dmsp18_microwave_2000utc_himawari8_ir_Cyclone_Debbie_anim.gif)
Himawari-8 Infrared Window (10.4 µm) and DMSP-18 SSMIS Microwave (85 GHz) images around 2017 UTC on 27 March [click to enlarge]
The
MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product
(below; also available as an MP4 animation) showed copious tropical moisture associated with Cyclone Debbie, which led to rainfall accumulations as high as 780 mm (30.7 inches) — with rainfall rates up to 200 mm (7.9 inches) per hour — and record flooding along the coast from Brisbane to Lismore.
![MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product [click to play animation]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/comp20170327.220000_tpw.png)
MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product [click to play animation]