McIDAS images of GOES-13 10.7 µm IR data (above) revealed a classic convective burst signature as Tropical Storm Danielle began to intensity over the middle Atlantic Ocean on 23 August 2010. The coldest cloud top IR brightness temperature during this time period was -90º C at 07:15 UTC.UPDATE: Danielle continued to intensify... Read More

The image loop above shows GOES-15 11-micron imagery every half hour as Tropical Depression #4 in the Atlantic strengthened to become a minimal Tropical Storm, gaining the name Colin in the process. The infrared imagery shows periodic bursts of convection with brightness temperatures colder than -70 C near the center... Read More

GOES-13 0.63 µm visible images (above) and GOES-13 10.7 µm IR images (below) from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site showed Tropical Storm Bonnie crossing southern Florida on 23 July 2010.Bonnie was encountering increasing amounts of southeasterly... Read More

GOES-13 10.7 µm IR imagery from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) showed the development of large convective bursts around the center of Hurricane Alex during the 29 June – 30 June 2010 period. Alex became the first June hurricane in the Atlantic Basin since the 1995 tropical cyclone season (which produced Hurricane Allison).An AWIPS image of POES AVHRR... Read More