Tropical Storm / Hurricane Leslie moved very slowly over the western tropical Atlantic Ocean between 6 September and 7 September (see, for example, this graphics animation from the National Hurricane Center, and the storm track from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site below). Strong winds associated with the cyclonic circulation around a hurricane or tropical storm will... Read More
Isaac reached Category 1 hurricane intensity mid-day on 28 August 2012. AWIPS images of 1-km resolution visible and IR data from the VIIRS, AVHRR, and MODIS instruments (below) showed curved banding features and convective bursts with overshooting... Read More
On 18 August 2012, GOES-14 provided Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) imagery of Tropical Depression Helene making landfall along the eastern coast of Mexico — McIDAS images of 1-km resolution 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play large 128 MegaByte... Read More
An unusually strong area of low pressure moved northward into the Arctic Ocean and intensified during the 05 August – 08 August 2012 time period — a storm this deep (965 hPa central pressure) is exceptional for the Arctic Ocean region, especially during the summer month of August. A comparison... Read More
