Typhoon Koppu hit the northern Philippines island of Luzon on Saturday 18 October. The 4-panel mp4 animation above (Click here for an animated gif) shows the 3 water vapor infrared channels (6.2 µm, 6.9 µm and 7.3 µm) and the window infrared channel (10.35 µm) from the Himawari-8 satellite. There... Read More
The rocking animation* above shows central Pacific Hurricane Oho forming south of Hawai’i and then moving quickly northeast; moisture associated with the remains of the storm is now moving onshore in British Columbia and Alaska Southeast. It is unusual for central Pacific Hurricanes to influence directly the weather in the Pacific... Read More
Hurricane Joaquin moved slowly through the eastern Bahamas on 1 and 2 October 2015. ASCAT data from 1356 UTC, above, shows rain-flagged values near 90 knots not far from the storm center (Joaquin is a potent Category 4 Hurricane; its strongest winds are confined to within about 50 miles of the center).Joaquin is embedded... Read More
A slowly-moving storm was migrating northeastward along the East Coast of the United States on 25 September 2015. The GOES-13 water vapor animation, above, shows the evolution of this system between 22 and 25 September 2015. The center of circulation in the water vapor imagery has wobbled around the state... Read More
