Tropical Storm Sam is poised to strengthen in the tropical Atlantic. The True-Color image above shows the cyclone just to the south of a region of dust that is apparent in the true-color imagery as a greyish/brown region extending from the storm towards Africa. A Saharan Air Layer (SAL) analysis,... Read More
Suomi NPP Day Night imagery, in a toggle above with infrared imagery from GOES-16, (both displayed in RealEarth) depicts a classic sheared Tropical Cyclone structure to the east-northeast of the Caribbean Sea. The low-level circulation (very apparent in the nighttime visible imagery under the illumination of a near-full moon) is... Read More
Hurricane Nicholas made landfall on the Gulf Coast shortly after 0530 UTC on 14 September. It is a challenge to determine the storm center from the animation above, although deep convection is suggestive of its location. Note the collapse of deep convection as well at the end of the animation. Radar... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images (above) showed Hurricane Larry as it made landfall in Newfoundland at 0345 UTC on 11 September 2021 (causing wind gusts to 73 knots at Cape Race and 78 knots at St. Johns) — maintained hurricane intensity until 1500 UTC over the Labrador Sea — then was quickly absorbed by a large extratropical... Read More
