Severe Tropical Cyclone Lola has formed in the southwest Pacific and is currently moving south west. As of 2023-10-25 at 21Z, it is located near Vanuatu at approximately 17°S, 167°E. Watch Lola move over 48 hours in RealEarth, which allows users to visualize full-disk data from geostationary satellites: GOES-East, GOES-West,... Read More
Tropical Storm Sean has developed in the mid-Atlantic and is moving northwest, but is predicted to dissipate by Sunday, 2023-10-15. RealEarth provides an opportunity to look back at the last 48 hours of Sean developing. A video from RealEarth shows GOES-16 true color and Band 13 (10.3 microns, “clean” infrared... Read More
Former Hurricane Philippe lost tropical characteristics at 1500 UTC on 6 October, as it interacted with extratopical features moving over it from the USA. (Click here for a UW-Madison weather watch on this event with commentary by Profs Jon Martin and Michael Morgan). There are several players of note in... Read More
The North Texas panhandle is experiencing severe weather on October 4, 2023. Animation 1 shows Radar reflectivity in tight areas of convection across the panhandle. The GOES Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB shown in Animation 2 confirms convection, showing overshooting tops becoming wispy ice clouds (appearing orange in the RGB).An enhanced risk of convection... Read More
