An animation of the Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS (MIMIC) product (above) revealed that Hurricane Danielle (which had intensified into a Category 4 storm) was undergoing an Eyewall Replacement Cycle (ERC) during the 27 August – 28 August 2010 period. Note how the smaller inner eyewall deteriorated and became replaced by a... Read More

The infrared imagery from Friday morning, 27 August, shows three separate tropical systems — in various stages of development — over the Atlantic Ocean, with a fourth system poised to move out into the tropical Atlantic from Africa. Meteosat imagery shows a fifth system moving westward over central Africa (These images... Read More

Hurricane Danielle went through another period of intensification on 26 August 2010, and GOES-13 10.7 µm IR images (above) and 0.63 µm visible images (below) from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site revealed the formation of a well-defined... Read More

Tropical Storm Earl formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on 25 August 2010. GOES-13 10.7 µm IR images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) revealed a well-defined circulation, with the development of convective clusters and curved bands.The environment around Earl was one that exhibited low values of 200-850 hPa deep layer wind shear... Read More