Beginning shortly before 00 UTC on 07 October 2014, Typhoon Vongfong began a period of rapid intensification, as shown on a plot of the Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) intensity estimate (above). The peak ADT intensity late in the day was 146 knots. On the other... Read More

Tropical Invest 97L formed near Bermuda during the pre-dawn hours on 29 September 2014. After sunrise, AWIPS II images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) revealed a well-defined low-level circulation spinning just to the west of Bermuda. It is interesting to note that... Read More

A time series plot of the Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) intensity estimate for Hurricane Odile (above) showed that the tropical cyclone went through a period of rapid intensification on 14 September 2014, reaching Category 4 on the Read More

McIDAS images of 4-km resolution GOES-15 10.7 µm IR channel data (above; click image to play animation; also available as an MP4 movie file) showed the merger of two large mesoscale convective systems (MCS) which produced an all-time record maximum calendar day precipitation amount of 3.29... Read More