Hurricane Force lows in the North Atlantic Ocean

By Scott Bachmeier • 15 February 2020

GOES-16 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images, with plots of hourly surface wind barbs and gusts (in knots) [click to play animation | MP4]

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images (above) showed the circulations associated with a pair of Hurricane Force low (surface analyses) during the 13-15 February 2020 period. At the limb of the GOES-16 Full Disk view, plots of hourly surface wind revealed gusts in the 70-80 knots range at stations in Iceland — including Keflavik International Airport near Reykjavik and Akurnes along the southeast coast. One site north of Reykjavik recorded a wind gust of 138 knots.

Sequences of VIIRS Infrared Window (11.45 µm) and True Color RGB images from NOAA-20 and Suomi NPP during those same days as viewed using RealEarth are shown below.

Sequences of VIIRS Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images from NOAA-20 and Suomi NPP [click to play animation]

Sequence of VIIRS Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images from NOAA-20 and Suomi NPP [click to play animation]

Sequence of VIIRS True Color RGB images from NOAA-20 and Suomi NPP [click to play animation]

EUMETSAT Meteosat-11 Water Vapor (6.25 µm) images during the 14-16 February period are shown below. Named “Storm Dennis” by the UK Met Office, the system brought high winds to much of Europe.

Meteosat-11 Water Vapor (6.25 µm) images, with hourly wind barbs and gusts (in knots) [click to play animation | MP4]

Additional information about this event is available on the Satellite Liaison Blog.

Categories: GOES-16, Meteosat, NOAA-20, RealEarth, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images, Suomi NPP, VIIRS

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Hurricane Force lows in the North Atlantic Ocean