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Archive: Jun 2023

Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea

Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea began a period of rapid intensification late in the day on 09 June 2023, reaching Category 3 intensity by 12 UTC on 10 June (SATCON) — EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 Visible (0.64 µm) and Infrared Window (10.8 µm) images (above) showed Biparjoy during the 0100-1330 UTC... Read More

Polar Hyperspectral data in a Numerical Model at HWT

NOAA’s Hazardous Weather Testbed is an annual evaluation (by National Weather Service forecasters) of experimental satellite-based products that provide useful information during convective weather events. One of the demonstration products this year is a model with initial conditions that have assimilated fused polar hyperspectral soundings from NOAA-20/NOAA-21 and MetOp satellites. The animations... Read More

Eruption of Kilauea

GOES-18 (GOES-West) SO2 RGB, Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and Fire Power derived product images (above) showed the SO2 plume and thermal signature of an eruption of Kilauea that began at 4:44 AM HST or 1444 UTC on 07 June 2023. As of 1451 UTC (only 7 minutes after the onset of the... Read More