1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed Tropical Depression 27 as further intensified to become Tropical Storm Epsilon at 15 UTC on 19 October 2020. While the low-level circulation (LLC) generally remained exposed during that time, deep convection was increasing around the LLC (including a small convective burst near the... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed Category 4 Hurricane Marie over the East Pacific Ocean on 02 October 2020. Although there was frequently some high cloud debris covering the eye, hints of low-altitude mesosvortices within the eye could be seen at times. The coldest cloud-top... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images — with and without an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density (above) showed Hurricane Teddy as it rapidly intensified (ADT | SATCON ) to a Category 4 storm on 17 September 2020. The coldest cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures were in the -80 to -85ºC range.Metep-A ASCAT surface scatterometer wind... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images — with and without an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density (above) showed Category 4 Hurricane Laura as it made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana around 0600 UTC on 27 August 2020. The GLM data showed intermittent lightning activity along the inner eyewall region of the hurricane.Strong outer convective bands ahead... Read More