Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall in North Carolina
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed Ophelia for a few hours after it became a Tropical Storm at 1800 UTC on 22 September 2023. The low-level circulation center (LLCC) was initially exposed, but deep convection just to the west began to increase in coverage and intensity as it... Read More