{"id":39036,"date":"2020-11-22T20:51:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T20:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=39036"},"modified":"2020-11-26T23:09:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T23:09:46","slug":"medicane-makes-landfall-n-tunisia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/39036","title":{"rendered":"Medicane makes landfall in Tunisia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 651px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2020\/11\/201122_meteosat11_visible_Medicane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2020\/11\/MET11_VIS_MEDICANE_22NOV2020_B12_2020327_131500_0001PANEL_FRAME00030.GIF\" alt=\"EUMETSAT Meteosat-11 High Resolution Visible (0.8 \u00b5m) images [click to play animation | MP4]\" width=\"641\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">EUMETSAT Meteosat-11 High Resolution Visible<em> (0.8 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2020\/11\/201122_meteosat11_visible_Medicane_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eumetsat.int\/\"><strong>EUMETSAT<\/strong><\/a> Meteosat-11 High Resolution Visible (0.8 \u00b5m) images <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed a westward-moving <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mediterranean_tropical-like_cyclone\"><strong>medicane<\/strong><\/a> which developed a fairly distinct eye shortly before making landfall along the eastern coast of Tunisia on 22 November 2020.<\/p>\n<p>A Suomi NPP VIIRS True Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) image displayed using <a href=\"http:\/\/realearth.ssec.wisc.edu\"><strong>RealEarth<\/strong><\/a> <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> provided a higher-resolution view of the medicane&#8217;s eye and convective banding at 1152 UTC.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 654px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2020\/11\/201122_1152utc_suomiNPP_viirs_trueColorRGB_medicane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2020\/11\/201122_1152utc_suomiNPP_viirs_trueColorRGB_medicane_anim.gif\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS True Color RGB image valid at 1152 UTC [click to enlarge]\" width=\"644\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS True Color RGB image valid at 1152 UTC [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>A plot of surface observations for Monastir&#8217;s Habib Bourguiba International Airport DTMB <em><strong>(below)<\/strong> <\/em>showed that winds gusted to 43 knots as the system made landfall.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 651px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2020\/11\/201122_DTMB_SFCMG.GIF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2020\/11\/201122_DTMB_SFCMG.GIF\" alt=\"Plot of surface observations for Monastir's Habib Bourguiba International Airport [click to enlarge]\" width=\"641\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plot of surface observations for Monastir&#8217;s Habib Bourguiba International Airport [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EUMETSAT Meteosat-11 High Resolution Visible (0.8 \u00b5m) images (above) showed a westward-moving medicane which developed a fairly distinct eye shortly before making landfall along the eastern coast of Tunisia on 22 November 2020. 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