Rosa became a Tropical Storm on 25 September 2018, and reached peak intensity as a Category 4 Hurricane on 28 September. As it gradually weakened and made landfall over Baja California on 02 October, its moisture moved across the US Desert Southwest causing heavy rainfall and flash flooding — parts of... Read More
GOES-15 (GOES-West) Infrared Window (10.7 µm) images (above) showed the formation of a well-defined eye of Hurricane Walaka during a period of rapid intensification (ADT | SATCON) from 0000-2330 UTC on 01 October 2018; Walaka was classified a Category 5 hurricane as of the 02 October 00 UTC advisory. Walaka was moving... Read More
* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *GOES-15 (GOES-West) Infrared Window (10.7 µm) and GOES-17 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed Hurricane Rosa on the morning of 28 September 2018, after it had rapidly intensified to Category 4 intensity overnight (ADT | SATCON). Since GOES-17 was operating in... Read More
Himawari-8 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed Typhoon Trami at Category 4 intensity during the 23-24 September 2018 period. The typhoon was going through an eyewall replacement cycle during this time — as seen on the MIMIC-TC product — which halted the period of rapid intensification that began early... Read More
