Typhoon Ampil was at the northern edge of the view of the Direct Broadcast antenna at the forecast office on Guam, and CSPP software processed the above images (courtesy Douglas Schumacher) showing the ample eye of the Typhoon. Microwave imagery suggests an eyewall that is not quite complete, especially on... Read More
Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 encountered severe turbulence over Myanmar (flightradar24 blog) while en route from London to Singapore on 20-21 May 2024 — which resulted in dozens of injuries and 1 fatality. 10-minute interval JMA Himawari-9 AHI Visible and Infrared images (above) showed areas of deep convection developing over Myanmar, near the estimated location of... Read More
The recent Solar Eclipse that extended from the south Indian Ocean to the central north Pacific Ocean (Blog Post) traversed a region that is routinely monitored by different geostationary satellites — Himawari-9, GEOKOMPSAT-2A (GK2A) and FY-4A/FY-4B. Himawari-9 and GK2A have sub-satellite points on the Equator that are separated by only 12.5... Read More
RADARSAT-2 and RCM-1 had two closely-spaced overpasses over Cyclone Freddy in the Indian Ocean early on 16 February 2023, as shown above. Eyewall speeds exceed 130 knots in the RCM-1 data! (Imagery and data are available here). The quadrant analyses for RCM-1 and for RADARSAT-2 show hurricane-force winds extending out... Read More
