GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images and their Derived Motion Winds (above) revealed the partially exposed low-level circulation associated with the indirect remnants of Post-Tropical Cyclone Florence north of Bermuda on 20 September 2018 (surface analyses). The strongest Visible winds — calculated by tracking cloud features having a height assignment at... Read More
Hurricane Florence maintained Category 4 intensity on the morning of 11 September 2018 — and 1-minute (initially 30-second, until 1345 UTC) Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (below) showed improving eye structure after the tropical cyclone completed an eyewall replacement cycle during the... Read More
Potential Tropical Cyclone 7 was located between the Bahamas and Florida during the pre-sunrise hours on 03 September 2018. Toggles between VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images from NOAA-20 at 0636 UTC and Suomi NPP at 0726 UTC are shown above (courtesy of William Straka,... Read More
NOAA-20 VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images (above; courtesy of William Straka, CIMSS) showed the eye of Hurricane Lane in the central Pacific Ocean at 1208 UTC on 22 August 2018, a few hours after it reached Category 5 intensity (SATCON). Surface mesovortices were evident within... Read More
