Hurricanes Iselle and Julio in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, respectively, are forecast to affect the Hawaiian Islands in the coming days. The True-Color image of Iselle, above, derived from data from Suomi NPP downloaded at NOAA’s X/L Antenna in Hawaii from 2245 UTC on 5 August shows asymmetries... Read More
GOES-15 0.63 µm visible channel images (above; click to play animation; also available as an MP4 movie) revealed the presence of mesovortices within the eye of Category 4 Hurricane Iselle on 04 August 2014. Mesovortices are sometimes seen in the... Read More
Super Typhoon Rammasun has made landfall in southern China – apparently this was the strongest typhoon to hit the South China region in 41 years (news story). The COMS-1 IR animation, above, shows the storm skirting along the north shore of the island of Hainan before hitting... Read More
Typhoon Neoguri is forecast to move west of Okinawa later today. The visible images above, from COMS-1 (left) and MTSAT-2 (right) show the storm at around 0800 UTC on 7 July 2014. A distinct eye filled with low-level clouds is apparent.Magnified views of the storm center (above; click image to... Read More
