The Atlantic Tropical Season’s seventh named storm, Gert, was southeast of the island of Bermuda on Monday August 15th on a projected path that keeps it well to the east of Bermuda. The morning full-resolution visible imagery (above) from GOES-13 (left) and GOES-14 (right) show a well-defined Central Dense Overcast... Read More
The fifth named storm of the Atlantic Tropical season, Emily, is moving towards Hispaniola. The animation of MIMIC Total Precipitable Water (TPW), above, derived from microwave data, shows that Emily is embedded within a region of enhanced moisture (Hurricane Eugene in the eastern Pacific Ocean... Read More
The GOES-R Proving Ground requested that the GOES-13 satellite be placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) mode to monitor the development of Tropical Storm Don as it approached the far southern coast of Texas on 29 July 2011:Subject: Administrative, GOES-13 (GOES-East) SRSO scheduled for July 29 *Topic*: GOES-13 (GOES-East) SRSO is scheduled for: July 29,... Read More
Microwave estimates of total precipitable water (from the CIMSS MIMIC website), above, from 24-27 July 2011, show the progression of a tropical wave through the northwest Caribbean Sea into the southern Gulf of Mexico. Late in the day on 27 July, Air Force Reconaissance found a closed circulation with winds that were... Read More
