EUMETSAT Meteosat-7 10.8 µm IR images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) showed the formation of a well-defined eye as Tropical Cyclone Giovanna (12S) intensified from a Category 3 to a Read More

On 24 January 2012 NASA renamed the recently-launched NPP satellite (formerly known as the NPOES Preparatory Project)  the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (or Suomi NPP) in honor of Dr. Verner Suomi, recognized as “the father of satellite meteorology” (see: NASA News | Read More

 MTSAT-1R 10.8 µm IR channel images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) showed Category 1 Tropical Storm Thane (06B) in the Bay of Bengal, moving toward the east coast of India on 28 December 2011.Contours of 850-200 hPa Read More

MTSAT-1R 10.8 µm IR images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above; click image to play animation) showed a fairly compact cluster of cold convective cloud tops associated with Tropical Storm Washi as it moved westward toward the Philippines during the 15-16 December 2011 period.... Read More