A toggle between Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images (above) showed Category 4 Cyclone Veronica off the northern coast of Western Australia at 1716 UTC on 21 March 2019. Ample illumination from a Full Moon maximized the “visible image at night” capability of... Read More
After a strong arctic cold front plunged southward across the US, the Gulf of Mexico, and then southern Mexico during the previous two days (surface analyses), GOES-17 (GOES-West) and GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed the hazy plume of dust-laden Tehuano gap wind flow as it emerged from the... Read More
Himawari-8 Low-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images (above) revealed an interesting standing wave west/northwest of Tropical Cyclone Pola in the South Pacific Ocean on 26 February 2019. The long-lived wave first became apparent just before 0800 UTC, and persisted until about 2330 UTC.The... Read More
After previously reaching Category 4 intensity on 23 February, Super Typhoon Wutip underwent an eyewall replacement cycle (MIMIC-TC) and emerged to reach Category 5 intensity at 06 UTC on 25 February 2019 (ADT | SATCON) — becoming the strongest (and only Category 5) February tropical cyclone on record for the Northwest... Read More
