McIDAS images of MTSAT-2 10.8 µm IR channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed Super Typhoon Usagi in the West Pacific Ocean as it continued to move northwestward across the Philippine Sea. Note the slight amount of “trochoidal wobble” seen in the path of the eye. The coldest... Read More

AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 11.45 µm IR channel and 0.7 µm DayNight Band data showed Hurricane Manuel centered just off the west coast of Mexico at 07:54 UTC or 12:54 AM local time (above) and at 09:37 UTC or 2:27 AM local... Read More

A comparison of “before” (07 September 2013) and “after” (17 September 2013) 250-meter resolution MODIS false-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from the SSEC MODIS Today site (above) showed a dramatic change in the appearance of... Read More

A GOES-13 10.7 µm IR channel image with the track of Humberto from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site  (above) showed that the storm (which became the first hurricane of the season in the Atlantic Basin on 11 September) had been meandering over the eastern North... Read More