GOES-16 Full-disk imagery, above, shows strong Hurricane Beryl moving through the windward islands on 1 July 2024. Beryl made her first landfall on Carriacou Island at 1510 UTC on 1 July. Of note is that the distinct eye of Beryl is lost between about 0800 and 1000 UTC as very strong convection develops over... Read More
CSPP Geosphere imagery above (direct link) shows an area of sun glint over the tropical Atlantic. Embedded within the brighter areas of sun glint is a dark path centered near 7oN, 52oW over the ocean to the northeast of French Guiana. Long-time readers of this blog will no doubt recognize this feature... Read More
Geosphere true-color imagery over the Atlantic Ocean to the east of Florida and Georgia, above, shows a low-level cyclonic circulation with strong convection to its south. The appearance of the system suggests strong shear; an analysis of shear from the SSEC Tropical Weather website, below, shows the northerly shear over the storm... Read More
MIMIC Total Precipitable Water fields from 15 June through 19 June 2024, above, show a broad cyclonic circulation over Central America and adjacent waters (the Central American Gyre). On 18 June, shown below in an animation from the CSPP Geosphere site, the convection in this gyre was diffuse and unorganized (although the... Read More
