Tropical depression #6 in the Atlantic Basin strengthened into Tropical Storm Florence today (IR image); forecasters at the National Hurricane Center utlized a CIMSS AMSU estimate of 1003 mb central pressure... Read More

One of the important changes made to the GOES-N/O/P series of satellites is the addition of increased onboard battery capacity to enable the satellites to continue to provide imager and sounder data during the Spring and Fall season “eclipse periods”. During these eclipse periods (which can last 1-3 hours), the... Read More

Tropcal Storm Ernesto moved inland over southern Florida this morning, and was downgraded to a Tropical Depression. The AWIPS image below shows a MODIS vs. GOES comparison of the longwave IR (“IR Window”) and shortwave IR channels around 16 UTC. Note on the 1-km resolution MODIS IR... Read More

Hurricane Wilma rapidly intensified on 19 October 2005, becoming the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Western Hemisphere. GOES-12 10.7 µm IR images (above; QuickTime animation)... Read More