Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea began a period of rapid intensification late in the day on 09 June 2023, reaching Category 3 intensity by 12 UTC on 10 June (SATCON) — EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 Visible (0.64 µm) and Infrared Window (10.8 µm) images (above) showed Biparjoy during the 0100-1330 UTC... Read More

GOES-18 (GOES-West) SO2 RGB, Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and Fire Power derived product images (above) showed the SO2 plume and thermal signature of an eruption of Kilauea that began at 4:44 AM HST or 1444 UTC on 07 June 2023. As of 1451 UTC (only 7 minutes after the onset of the... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed the diurnal variability of thermal anomalies (hot pixels) associated with a cluster of wildfires in southern Quebec during the 02 June – 04 June 2023 period. On the first of these 3 days, several of the wind-driven fires exhibited 3.9 µm brightness temperatures of 137.71ºC... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed Tropical Depression Two as it developed over the northern Gulf of Mexico on 01 June 2023. The low-level circulation center became exposed late in the day, as deep convection remained focused to the northeast of the disturbance center — cloud-top infrared brightness... Read More