1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Infrared Window images (above) showed Tropical Depression Nine as it gradually developed a closed center of circulation in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico by 2100 UTC on 06 October 2026. Plots of GLM Flash Points depicted the lightning activity within the slowly-organizing tropical system. The coldest... Read More

10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-18 (GOES-West) Infrared Window images (above) showed Hurricane Nolo as it was intensifying from a Category 1 to a Category 2 storm while approaching the International Dateline (180 degrees longitude) on 04 October 2026. Once the tropical cyclone crossed the International Dateline, its ocean-basin-specific designation changed from... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) Infrared Window images (above) displayed the cold cloud tops and periodic consolidation of a small and well-defined eye associated with Hurricane Rachel as it reached Category 3 intensity over the East Pacific Ocean (about 200 miles west of Mexico) on 01 October 2026. GLM Flash... Read More

Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided 30-second GOES-18 (GOES-West) Infrared Window images of Hurricane Polo (above) as it rapidly intensified from a Category 1 to a high-end Category 3 storm late in the day on 21 September 2026. An eye became apparent by the end of the animation (the overlapping Mesoscale... Read More