Target Sector (2.5-minute interval) JMA Himawari-9 AHI Red Visible (0.64 µm) and Clean Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed Invest 90P as it intensified to become Tropical Cyclone Kirrily over the Coral Sea on 23-24 January 2024. Visible images showed multiple exposed low-level circulation centers, while Infrared images showed that deep convection was mainly developing west... Read More
Damaging waves hit the Marshall Islands on 19 January 2024, causing considerable damage, and the northern shores of American Samoa on 22 January 2024, leaving behind considerable debris, as shown below (photos courtesy NWS Pago Pago). The waves could be tracked using Altimetric data as viewed at this NOAA/NESDIS website; data for the globe and also data around... Read More
GOES-18 (GOES-West) and GOES-16 (GOES-East) True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) showed hazy arcs of blowing dust lofted by Tehuano gap winds that emerged from the south coast of Mexico — which spread out across the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the adjacent waters of the Pacific Ocean... Read More
