![\"Aqua](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/10\/181013_1419utc_aqua_modis_truecolor_Leslie_anim.gif\")
<\/a>Aqua MODIS True Color RGB image, with and without surface reports [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>20 days after Leslie<\/strong><\/a> initially formed (and 17 days after it underwent extratropical transition<\/strong><\/a>), an Aqua MODIS True Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) image viewed using RealEarth<\/strong><\/a> (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed the storm at 1419 UTC on 13 October 2018, when it was still classified as a Category 1 Hurricane off the coast of Portugal. The southwest-to-northeast oriented cloud band just west of Leslie was associated with an advancing cold front (surface analyses<\/strong><\/a>), which soon began to absorb the tropical cyclone and aid in its extra-tropical transition a few hours prior to landfall.<\/p>\n EUMETSAT<\/strong><\/a> Meteosat-11 middle\/upper-tropospheric Water Vapor (6.25 \u00b5m) images (below)<\/strong><\/em> exhibited a warm\/drying trend (brighter shades of yellow)<\/em> along the western and southern edges of Leslie as it moved inland across Portugal. Hourly Meteosat-11 Water Vapor images visualized using RealEarth are available here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n EUMETSAT Meteosat-11 Water Vapor (6.25 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with hourly plots of surface winds and gusts in knots [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Along the coast of Portugal a thunderstorm was reported at Porto (LPPR<\/strong><\/a>) from 1930-2000 UTC (about an hour before landfall). Farther to the south, shortly after landfall the surface winds gusted to 55 knots (63 mph or 28.3 m\/s)<\/em> at Monte Real Air Base (LPMR<\/strong><\/a>) at 21 UTC and 42 knots (48 mph or 21.6 m\/s)<\/em> at Ovar Military Base (LPOV<\/strong><\/a>) at 23 UTC. The highest wind gust was 95 knots (110 mph or 49 m\/s)<\/em> at Figueira da Foz, located along the coast between LPMR and LPOV<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n According to data from @ipma_pt<\/a> a maximum wind gust of 176,4 km\/h has been measured in Figueira da Foz near the coast during the passage of storm #Leslie<\/a>! Two more hurricane-force gusts were observed in Coimbra and Aveiro (Image source: https:\/\/t.co\/gOO95O2WUz<\/a>). #wetter<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/T55ykhL8Vm<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Luca Mathias (@meteomathias) October 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a>\n
![LPPR<\/strong><\/a>) from 1930-2000 UTC (about an hour before landfall). Farther to the south, shortly after landfall the surface winds gusted to 55 knots (63 mph or 28.3 m\/s)<\/em> at Monte Real Air Base (LPMR<\/strong><\/a>) at 21 UTC and 42 knots (48 mph or 21.6 m\/s)<\/em> at Ovar Military Base (LPOV<\/strong><\/a>) at 23 UTC. The highest wind gust was 95 knots (110 mph or 49 m\/s)<\/em> at Figueira da Foz, located along the coast between LPMR and LPOV<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nAccording to data from @ipma_pt<\/a> a maximum wind gust of 176,4 km\/h has been measured in Figueira da Foz near the coast during the passage of storm #Leslie<\/a>! Two more hurricane-force gusts were observed in Coimbra and Aveiro (Image source: https:\/\/t.co\/gOO95O2WUz<\/a>). #wetter<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/T55ykhL8Vm<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Luca Mathias (@meteomathias) October 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/10\/181013_LPPR_SFCMG.GIF\"){kind=link}
![LPMR<\/strong><\/a>) at 21 UTC and 42 knots (48 mph or 21.6 m\/s)<\/em> at Ovar Military Base (LPOV<\/strong><\/a>) at 23 UTC. The highest wind gust was 95 knots (110 mph or 49 m\/s)<\/em> at Figueira da Foz, located along the coast between LPMR and LPOV<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nAccording to data from @ipma_pt<\/a> a maximum wind gust of 176,4 km\/h has been measured in Figueira da Foz near the coast during the passage of storm #Leslie<\/a>! Two more hurricane-force gusts were observed in Coimbra and Aveiro (Image source: https:\/\/t.co\/gOO95O2WUz<\/a>). #wetter<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/T55ykhL8Vm<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Luca Mathias (@meteomathias) October 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/10\/181013_LPMR_SFCMG.GIF\"){kind=link}
![LPOV<\/strong><\/a>) at 23 UTC. The highest wind gust was 95 knots (110 mph or 49 m\/s)<\/em> at Figueira da Foz, located along the coast between LPMR and LPOV<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nAccording to data from @ipma_pt<\/a> a maximum wind gust of 176,4 km\/h has been measured in Figueira da Foz near the coast during the passage of storm #Leslie<\/a>! Two more hurricane-force gusts were observed in Coimbra and Aveiro (Image source: https:\/\/t.co\/gOO95O2WUz<\/a>). #wetter<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/T55ykhL8Vm<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Luca Mathias (@meteomathias) October 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/10\/181013_LPOV_SFCMG.GIF\"){kind=link}
![between LPMR and LPOV<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nAccording to data from @ipma_pt<\/a> a maximum wind gust of 176,4 km\/h has been measured in Figueira da Foz near the coast during the passage of storm #Leslie<\/a>! Two more hurricane-force gusts were observed in Coimbra and Aveiro (Image source: https:\/\/t.co\/gOO95O2WUz<\/a>). #wetter<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/T55ykhL8Vm<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Luca Mathias (@meteomathias) October 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/10\/181013_22utc_wv_Figueira_da_Foz_anim.gif\"){kind=link}