Hurricane Earl moving northeast of the Bahamas
AWIPS images of 1-km resolution POES AVHRR visible channel 1 (0.63 µm) and channel 2 (0.86 µm) along with IR channel 4 (10.8 µm) data (below) showed Hurricane Earl moving northwestward, just to the northeast of the Bahamas, on 01 September 2010. Earl’s intensity decreased from a Category 4 to a Category 3 storm during the day.
POES AVHRR 0.63 µm visible images
POES AVHRR 0.86 µm visible images
POES AVHRR 10.8 µm IR images