US Space Force EWS-G1 Infrared Window (10.7 µm) images (above) displayed the well-defined eye and eyewall structure of Cyclone Habana in the South Indian Ocean on 10 March 2021. This was the second period of Category 4 intensity (ADT | SATCON) during the life cycle of Habana.Meteosat-8 Infrared images with... Read More
GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) revealed 2 bursts of back-building thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall (as much as 19.21 inches) and flooding along the northern coast of the Hawaiian island of Maui on 08 March 2021. This heavy rain caused rockslides that closed some... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed thunderstorms associated with the South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) on 21 February 2021. The 3 METAR stations plotted on the imagery are, from left to right, Hihifo Airport, Wallis and Fotuna (NLWW), Apia, Samoa (NSFA) and Pago Pago, American Samoa (NSTU).In spite... Read More
CIMSS produces Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) Lake Ice concentration images in a format that can be inserted into AWIPS. These images are created from data downloaded (available at this ftp site; imagery is also available here) at the DB antennae at CIMSS, and processed with MIRS algorithms (all MIRS products are available... Read More
