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Category: Himawari-8

Thunderstorms northeast of Guam

The animation above shows Himawari full-disk imagery from 2300 UTC on 1 April through 1140 UTC on 2 April and depicts a cluster of thunderstorms over the Pacific Ocean far to the northeast of Guam.  A particular challenge in diagnosing atmospheric events over the open Pacific is the lack of... Read More

Cyclone Yasa strengthens rapidly in the South Pacific

https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/12/HIMAWARI-8_AHI_B13_20201214_20201215anim.mp4 Himawari-8 Clean Window Infrared (10.41 µm) imagery, 0000 UTC 14 December to 0000 UTC 16 December 2020 (Click to animate) Himawari-8 Clean Window Infrared (10.41 µm) imagery (courtesy the Japanese Meteorological Agency, JMA) from 14-15 December 2020 (click here for an animated gif) show the development of a... Read More

Stereoscopic views of Cyclones Yasa and Zazu

https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/12/Himaw08G17Stereo_ABI_RadF_064_20201213_2100_to_20201214_0550_YasaStereoanim.mp4 GOES-17 (left) and Himawari-8 (right) visible (0.64 µm) imagery over Fiji, 2100 UTC on 13 December through 0500 UTC on 14 December (Click to animate)An active area of tropical weather has spawned two tropical cyclones that bracketed the islands of Fiji early on 14 December. Himawari-8 (data courtesy... Read More