Bill became the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2009   season  on 17 August 2009. GOES-12 IR images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) displayed a canopy of very cold cloud tops around the center of... Read More

GOES-12 IR images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) showed that Tropical Storm Claudette intensified fairly quickly during the morning hours on 16 August 2009, with the areal coverage of cold cloud tops increasing rapidly during the 09-15 UTC time period. A DMSP... Read More

GOES-12 IR images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) showed that Tropical Storm Bill began to exhibit a well-defined curved banding structure during the early  daytime hours  on 16 August 200. In addition, the IR... Read More

GOES-12 visible images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site on 15 August 2009 (above) showed that the low-level circulation of Tropical Storm Ana (the first named Atlantic Basin... Read More