10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-18 (GOES-West) Infrared Window images (above) showed Hurricane Nolo as it was intensifying from a Category 1 to a Category 2 storm while approaching the International Dateline (180 degrees longitude) on 04 October 2026. Once the tropical cyclone crossed the International Dateline, its ocean-basin-specific designation changed from... Read More

2026 continues to be an intense year for hurricanes in the eastern Pacific Ocean as Nolo became the 6th system in that basin to reach category 4 or greater during this year. Its ascent to major hurricane status was also quite fast; over the course of less than 24 hours... Read More

Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided 30-second GOES-18 (GOES-West) Infrared Window images of Hurricane Polo (above) as it rapidly intensified from a Category 1 to a high-end Category 3 storm late in the day on 21 September 2026. An eye became apparent by the end of the animation (the overlapping Mesoscale... Read More

10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-19 (GOES-East) Infrared Window images (above) showed the evolution of Tropical Storm Fay in the East Atlantic Ocean on 20 September 2026. As of 0300 UTC on 21 September — the last image of the animation — NHC rated Fay’s wind speed at 60 knots (just 4 knots below... Read More