As Hurricane Noel made the transition to an extratropical cyclone during the 02 to 03 November 2007 period, it remained a very large and very powerful storm system that significantly impacted the Atlantic coast regions of the northeastern US and southeastern Canada with hurricane force winds (91 mph at Horseshoe... Read More

Hurricane Noel remained a minimal Category 1 hurricane early in the day on 02 November 2007, although the satellite presentation was starting to deteriorate (GOES-12 IR animation) as the storm began the transition to an extratropical system. SeaWinds scatterometer data from the QuikSCAT satellite around 10:48 UTC (above, and below) did show two wind retrievals... Read More

Tropical Storm Noel intensified late in the day on 01 November 2007 to become a minimal Category 1 hurricane just north of the Bahamas. AWIPS images of the GOES-12 10.7µm IR channel (above) show that the circular area of very cold cloud top temperatures (colder than -80º C, green enhancement) became more... Read More

After spending some time meandering over Cuba and just off the northern coast of the island, Tropical Storm Noel began to intensify a bit and produce bursts of convection within its eastern semicircle as it started to move slowly northward during the day on 31 October 2007. AWIPS images of the GOES-12 10.7 µm... Read More