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Archive: Oct 2017

Tropical Storm Nate forms near Nicaragua

GOES-16 Visible Imagery, above, shows convection (imagery at 1-minute intervals) surrounding Tropical Storm Nate, just onshore in northeastern Nicaragua.GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testingThe Tropical Depression (#16) in the western Caribbean Sea has strengthened to become a minimal Tropical Storm, acquiring the name... Read More

The Active Atlantic Basin in August and September

The YouTube link, above, shows the GOES-16 “Clean Window” (10.3 µm) Infrared Imagery over the Atlantic, showing the evolution of Hurricanes Franklin through Maria, from 7 August through 1 October. (The original mp4 video (250 Meg) is available.)GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational and are undergoing testing ... Read More