Tropical Storms Douglas (center of the image) and Elida (right-hand side of the image) have formed in the tropical Pacific to the west of Mexico. From the animation above (click here for an animation of the 10.7 µm imagery), Elida is in an environment of northerly/northwesterly shear: the strongest convection... Read More
A tire series plot of the CIMSS Advanced Dvorak Technique (above) showed that Hurricane Cristina experienced a period of very rapid intensification during the day on 12 June 2014. Hurricane Cristina reached Category 4 status, making this the first... Read More
Amanda became the first tropical storm of the 2014 East Pacific Basin season on 23 May 2014. 4-km resolution GOES-15 (GOES-West) 10.7 µm IR channel images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above; click image to play animation) an... Read More
McIDAS images of MTSAT-2 10.8 µm IR channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the development of a distinct eye associated with Intense Cyclone Ita (23P) as it moved southwestward across the Coral Sea toward the coast of Queensland, Australia on 10-11 April 2014. Cyclone Ita exhibited a... Read More
