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Hurricane Epsilon

By Scott Bachmeier •

GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]

GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]

Hurricane Epsilon underwent rapid intensification (ADT | SATCON) on 21 October 2020 — and 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed Epsilon as it intensified from a  Category 1 to a Category 3 storm.

GOES-16 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images with plots of Derived Motion Winds from CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (below) displayed the broad upper-level anticyclonic outflow north of the hurricane.

GOES-16 Mid-level Water Vapor(6.9 µm) images, with plots of Derived Motion Winds [click to enlarge]

GOES-16 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images, with plots of Derived Motion Winds [click to enlarge]

Categories: GOES-16, Satellite winds, Tropical cyclones