1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed Hurricane Dorian as it briefly intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 2 storm during the morning of 07 September 2019. Later in the day, Dorian transitioned to a post-tropical storm before making landfall over... Read More

#Typhoon #Faxai made landfall in Chiba Pref. Monday morning (9/9) with its central pressure 960hPa and sustained winds 144kph. Faxai is the windiest typhoon to hit the Greater Tokyo area in recorded history. pic.twitter.com/j5TQQ2FF0q — Sayaka Mori (@sayakasofiamori) September 8, 2019 2.5-minute rapid scan JMA Himawari-8 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.4 µm)... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed Hurricane Dorian off the coast of South Carolina from 1116-1900 UTC on 05 September 2019. During this period, Dorian weakened from a Category 3 to a Category 2 hurricane — a plot of deep-layer wind shear from the... Read More

Kudos to Carl Jones (NWS Grand Forks) for spotting this vivid example of mesospheric airglow waves (reference) produced by severe thunderstorms that were responsible for a swath of hail across South Dakota from 0515-1010 UTC on 02 September 2019. In the toggles between VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images... Read More