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Category: GOES-16

Weak tornado in San Juan, Puerto Rico

An email from SSEC/CIMSS employee Shane Hubbard discussed details of a weak tornado in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 06 October 2017:While I was working in San Juan last week a tornado formed close to the shoreline of Lake (Lagoon) Los Corozos, moved over the water, and then damaged homes... Read More

Tropical Storm Nate forms near Nicaragua

GOES-16 Visible Imagery, above, shows convection (imagery at 1-minute intervals) surrounding Tropical Storm Nate, just onshore in northeastern Nicaragua.GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testingThe Tropical Depression (#16) in the western Caribbean Sea has strengthened to become a minimal Tropical Storm, acquiring the name... Read More

The Active Atlantic Basin in August and September

The YouTube link, above, shows the GOES-16 “Clean Window” (10.3 µm) Infrared Imagery over the Atlantic, showing the evolution of Hurricanes Franklin through Maria, from 7 August through 1 October. (The original mp4 video (250 Meg) is available.)GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testing ... Read More