Hurricane Force low in the West Pacific

By Scott Bachmeier • 10 January 2019

GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]

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

GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed the low-level circulation of an occluded Hurricane Force low (surface analyses) over the West Pacific Ocean on 09 January – 10 January 2019. This storm was forecast to produce wave heights up to 40-60 feet.

GOES-17 Low-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images (below) showed the circulation of the storm at higher altitudes.

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

GOES-17 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) image with Metop-A ASCAT surface scatterometer winds [click to enlarge]

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

Categories: GOES-17, Metop, NOAA-20, RealEarth, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images, Satellite winds, Suomi NPP, VIIRS