Hurricanes are classified by the Saffir-Simpson scale, which scale ranges from 1 to 5; the strongest storms are cat Vs. Dean intensified into a strong cat IV storm overnight, with a well-developed eye and excellent upper level outflow at all levels. The 1745 UTC GOES-12 visible image from 18 August (above;... Read More
An animation of GOES-12 visible channel imagery from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) reveals an eye forming as Hurricane Dean reached Category 3 strength over the eastern Caribbean Sea on 17 August 2007. ... Read More
The big weather headline for the next week — for North America at least — will surely be Hurricane Dean, a category 3 hurricane over the far eastern Caribbean Sea (see the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site for the latest information on Hurricane Dean). Earlier today (Friday), Dean entered the Caribbean passing north of... Read More
AWIPS images of the GOES-12 water vapor channel (above) showed 3 distinct cyclonic circulation features on 17 August 2007: (1) the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin over Texas, (2) a Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough (TUTT) over the Bahamas, and (3) rapidly intensifying Hurricane Dean over the western Atlantic Ocean (see the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site... Read More
