At the request of the National Weather Service forecast office in Guam (where the National Weather Service’s day begins), CIMSS is computing a small region of LightningCast Probabilities that uses Himawari-8 data. The Guam forecast office issues a lightning ‘advisory’ if lightning is possible or occurring within 20 mi of... Read More
The International Space Station carries a variety of instruments, including the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS), designed to extend the Lightning Climatology from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). ISS overflew Typhoon Hinnamnor at about 1540 UTC on 1 September (image, from this site). The lightning animation above (click here for an animated gif) shows data... Read More
2.5-minute rapid scan JMA Himawari-8 Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed rapidly-intensifying Typhoon Hinnamnor as it once again reached Category 5 intensity (ADT | AiDT | SATCON) about 3 hours after local sunrise on 31 August 2022. Mesovortices rotating within the eye were evident though breaks in patchy high clouds overhead.2.5-minute Himawari-8 Infrared... Read More
2.5-minute rapid scan JMA Himawari-8 Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed rapidly-intensifying Category 4 Typhoon Hinnamnor as it moved across the West Pacific Ocean (southeast of Japan) on 29 August 2022. Mesovortices within the eye were faintly evident though breaks in patchy high clouds overhead.2.5-minute Himawari-8 Infrared (10.4 µm) images (below) revealed... Read More
