Target Sector (2.5-minute interval) JMA Himawari-9 Visible and Infrared images (above) covered the period +/- 2 hours when Super Typhoon Mawar reached Category 5 intensity at 0600 UTC on 25 May 2023. Mesovortices within the eye were evident in Visible imagery, with the eye exhibiting a “stadium effect” geometry (two signatures that are often associated with... Read More
From a NOAA Email: The first in-person Satellite Proving Ground experiment at the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) in Norman OK since 2019 is underway! We have 7 NWS forecasters helping to evaluate 5 products that involve satellite data, focusing specifically on severe storms and their environment. One of the products... Read More
TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats) satellite observations include microwave data at 12 different frequencies between 91.6 and 204.8 GHz. (Click here for a Satellite Book Club presentation on TROPICS). A TROPICS launch occurred from New Zealand in early May (link), boosting two satellites into orbit; a second launch is pending. In addition, TROPICS Pathfinder... Read More
