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

The track of Tropical Storm Erin from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) depicts a fairly short-lived history over the Gulf of Mexico during 15 August–16 August 2007. Although wind speeds only reached minimal tropical storm intensity, the more important characteristic of Erin was the high amounts of tropical moisture tapped by the system.AWIPS images of the... Read More