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Category: GLM

Category 4 Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images — with and without an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density (above) showed Category 4 Hurricane Laura as it made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana around 0600 UTC on 27 August 2020. The GLM data showed intermittent lightning activity along the inner eyewall region of the hurricane.Strong outer convective bands ahead... Read More

Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 intensifies to become Tropical Storm Isaias

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine as it moved northwestward across the Caribbean Sea on 29 July 2020. In Puerto Rico, Luis Muñoz Marin Airport in San Juan (TJSJ) had a wind gust to 44 knots (51 mph) around 19 UTC. Numerous pulsing... Read More