1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed Category 1 Hurricane Beatriz just off the west coast of Mexico (near Ixtapa, station identifier MMZH) as a cloud-filled eye was becoming more apparent.A DMSP-17 Microwave (85 GHz) image at 1322 UTC (below) from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site indicated... Read More
RCM1 overflew Hurricane Adrian (the 2nd latest-forming first tropical system of the eastern Pacific since the start of the satellite record) at 1300 UTC on 29 June 2023, as shown above. SAR winds derived from satellite data show a closed ring of 35- to 40-knot winds surrounding the eye. Adrian’s center at 15.9oN, 110oW in the 1300 UTC... Read More
Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea began a period of rapid intensification late in the day on 09 June 2023, reaching Category 3 intensity by 12 UTC on 10 June (SATCON) — EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 Visible (0.64 µm) and Infrared Window (10.8 µm) images (above) showed Biparjoy during the 0100-1330 UTC... Read More
Himawari-9 Infrared Imagery, above, shows Mawar as it develops and eye and strenghtens to Super Typhoon status. The animation above shows a well-developed symmetric storm with good outflow from all quadrants. The eye is seemingly in steady state from about 0300-0900 UTC, after which time its size shrinks. The 0600... Read More
