Just north of Libya on the afternoon of 17 March 2026, a large cyclone can be seen forcing a significant amount of dust from the Sahara to the Mediterranean. This true-color view from EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) depicts this situation beautifully. Since MTG-FCI has three... Read More
EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 Infrared images (above) showed Cyclone Gezani as it made landfall along the east coast of Madagascar (near the city of Toamasina, station identifier FMMT) around 1645 UTC on 10 February 2026 — as a 110-kt Category 3 storm (JTWC discussion). Gezani had been rapidly intensifying on 10 February prior... Read More
At 5:04 PM local time (2104 UTC) on 1 July 2025, the newest member of the geostationary ring was launched into orbit. The MTG-S1 satellite (to be renamed Meteosat 13 upon commissioning) represents a first for EUMETSAT: a hyperspectral sounder in geostationary orbit. While EUMETSAT has long supported hyperspectral sounders... Read More
EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 Infrared Window (10.8 µm) images (above) showed Category 4 Cyclone Chido as its eye moved across the small island of Mayotte (airport identifier FMCZ) in the Mozambique Channel around 0730 UTC on 14th December 2024 — and went on to make landfall just south of Penba, Mozambique (airport identifier... Read More
