A NOAA-17 InfraRed (IR) image (above) depicted a well-defined eye and eyewall structure associated with Category 4 Cyclone Sidr while it was located over the Bay of Bengal on 15 November 2007. The CIMSS Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) intensity estimate around that time was 146 knots.Animations of the Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS (MIMIC)... Read More
Meteosat-7 IR images sourced from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) showed Category 4 intensity Tropical Cyclone Sidr as it moved northward across the Bay of Bengal on 14 November 2007. Increasing amounts of deep layer wind shear (below) to the north of the storm may act to diminish the intensity of... Read More
A major outbreak of Saharan dust was noted during the 06-11 November 2007 period — the Meteosat-9 Saharan Air Layer (SAL) tracking product (above) revealed an extensive signal of thick dust (orange to red enhancement) that was being transported westward across the tropical Atlantic.The MIMIC Total Precipitable Water (TPW) product (below) showed the dry character of this large... Read More
As Hurricane Noel made the transition to an extratropical cyclone during the 02 to 03 November 2007 period, it remained a very large and very powerful storm system that significantly impacted the Atlantic coast regions of the northeastern US and southeastern Canada with hurricane force winds (91 mph at Horseshoe... Read More
