JMA Himawari-8 Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) displayed Typhoon Chanthu undergoing a period of rapid intensification — with the appearance of a small-diameter “pinhole eye” within just a few hours — from a Category 2 to a Category 4 storm (ADT | SATCON) as it moved westward toward the... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) revealed the presence of mesovortices within the eye of Category 3 Hurricane Larry in the central Atlantic Ocean on 06 September 2021. ... Read More
Tropical Storm Larry has formed in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean. The large-scale view of the tropical Atlantic, shown above, taken from CSPP Geosphere (direct link to the imagery) shows Larry west of Africa. Tropical depression Kate is also apparent, and that storm again has convection near its center as shear there has relaxed. Kate... Read More
The animation above, of GOES-16 Visible (0.64 µm) imagery, shows Tropical Storm Kate at sunrise with convection near the storm center and to its east. (An overnight image from Suomi NPP’s Day Night Band, below, taken from NASA Worldview, also shows convection near the storm center.) As the day progresses, however,... Read More
