https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/07/Elsa_CSPP-GeoSphere.mp4Night Time Microphysics (at night) and True-Color imagery (during the day) over the eastern Atlantic, 0920 – 1220 UTC on 1 July 2021Tropical Storm Elsa has formed over the tropical eastern Atlantic Ocean. True-color imagery from CSPP Geosphere (link) shows the storm with occasional bursts of deep convection. Elsa has... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the circulation of Subtropical Storm Raoni (discussion issued by MARINHA) off the coast of Argentina/Uruguay on 28 June 2021.In the corresponding GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (below), the coldest cloud tops exhibited infrared brightness temperatures around -50ºC (shades of yellow).===== 29 June Update =====GOES-16 Visible... Read More
Update: Tropical Depression 4 strengthened to become Tropical Storm Danny at 1905 UTC on 28 June (link).GOES-16 visible imagery (0.64 µm), above, from the morning of 28 June 2021, shows a compact low-level circulation east of South Carolina, steadily moving towards the coast. Deep convection with this system is offset... Read More
The Potential Tropical Cyclone that has been moving northward through the Gulf of Mexico made landfall southwest of New Orleans, LA on Saturday 19 June as a minimal Tropical Cyclone. The animation of total precipitable water, above, from the MIMIC TPW website, shows that most of the storm’s moisture is east of... Read More
