Category: Satellite winds
Intense Cyclone Causes Massive Dust Advection Over Mediterranean
Just north of Libya on the afternoon of 17 March 2026, a large cyclone can be seen forcing a significant amount of dust from the Sahara to the Mediterranean. This true-color view from EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) depicts this situation beautifully. Since MTG-FCI has three... Read More
Tehuano gap wind event
As a strong arctic cold front moved southward across the Gulf of Mexico toward southern Mexico on 04-05 February 2026, the cold front fractured as it moved inland across Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec — the cold air was then channeled southward through Chivela Pass and emerged as a Tehuano (or... Read More
Invest 94W Poised to Become Tropical Cyclone
A deepening circulation north of Palau in the western Pacific is projected to intensify into a tropical storm between 3 and 4 February 2026. This system is currently (as of 1600 UTC on 3 Feb 2026) labeled as Invest 94W, but analysis from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center projects intensification into a tropical... Read More