Tropical Storm / Hurricane Leslie moved very slowly over the western tropical Atlantic Ocean between 6 September and 7 September (see, for example, this graphics animation from the National Hurricane Center, and the storm track from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site below). Strong winds associated with the cyclonic circulation around a hurricane or tropical storm will... Read More
Hurricane Michael became the first Category 3 hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic Basin season on 06 September. GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel images (above) and GOES-13 10.7 µm IR channel images (below) from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site showed that Michael displayed a well-defined eye.A... Read More
A thunderstorm complex over the northern Gulf of Mexico on the morning of September 5th is being monitored for tropical development. This cluster originated as a mesoscale convective system that emerged from the southern edge of Isaac’s decaying circulation, as shown in the animation above. The animation, starting from Isaac’s... Read More
Isaac reached Category 1 hurricane intensity mid-day on 28 August 2012. AWIPS images of 1-km resolution visible and IR data from the VIIRS, AVHRR, and MODIS instruments (below) showed curved banding features and convective bursts with overshooting... Read More
