Himawari-8 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed Typhoon Trami at Category 4 intensity during the 23-24 September 2018 period. The typhoon was going through an eyewall replacement cycle during this time — as seen on the MIMIC-TC product — which halted the period of rapid intensification that began early... Read More
After Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina during the morning hours on 14 September, it moved very slowly (at times only 2-3 mph) southwestward into South Carolina during 15-16 September (surface analyses). Prolonged heavy rainfall resulted (WPC summary), with new state records (see below) for precipitation from a tropical cyclone being set in... Read More
Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina at 1115 UTC (7:15 am EDT) with estimated maximum winds of 78 knots (90 mph) and a minimum central pressure estimate of 958 hPa (28.29″). Overlapping GOES-16 (GOES-East) Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided images every 30 seconds — “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) and “Clean”... Read More
Himawari-8 Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed Super Typhoon Mangkhut making landfall as a Category 5 intensity storm over the far northern portion of Luzon in the Philippines just after 17 UTC on 14 September 2018 (1 am local time on 15 September). The eye quickly deteriorated and became cloud-filled... Read More
