{"id":60164,"date":"2024-07-02T13:12:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=60164"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:27:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:27:26","slug":"hurricane-beryl-in-the-central-caribbean-as-a-category-5-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/60164","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Beryl in the central Caribbean as a Category 5 storm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/G16Meso1Band13-20240702_0844_to_1253anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1108\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/G16Meso1Band13-20240702_0844_to_1253anim.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60165\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GOES-16 Band 13 (Clean Window infrared, 10.35 \u00b5m) infrared imagery, 0844-1253 UTC 2 July 2024 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>GOES-16 1-minute imagery over Hurricane Beryl, above, shows the Category 5 (on the Saffir-Simpson scale) storm moving across the central Caribbean to the south of Puerto Rico.  At the beginning of the animation the cold cloud tops are distributed symmetrically around the storm;  by the end of the animation, some erosion of the cloud canopy is apparent along the western edge of the storm, although the eye structure appears unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GLM Flash Extent Density observations (scaled from 0-64) over the storm, below (regrettably only plotted over the northern half of the storm that sits within the GOES-16 CONUS domain), show active lightning within the eyewall, a hallmark of a very strong storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/G16Meso1Band13_GLMFED-20240702_0848_to_1257anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1108\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/G16Meso1Band13_GLMFED-20240702_0848_to_1257anim.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60166\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GOES-16 Band 13 (Clean Window infrared, 10.35 \u00b5m) infrared imagery and GLM Flash Extent Density, 0848-1257 UTC 2 July 2024 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoomed-in visible imagery over the eye, below, shows the intricate cloud patterns with the eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/G16Meso1Band02-20240702_1049_to_1318anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1524\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/G16Meso1Band02-20240702_1049_to_1318anim.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60169\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GOES-16 Band 2 (Red Visible, 0.64 \u00b5m) imagery, 1049 -1318 UTC 2 July 2024 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\">National Hurricane Center<\/a> has more information on this dangerous storm. You can also find diagnostics over the storm at <a href=\"https:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\">SSEC\/CIMSS Tropical Weather Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOES-16 1-minute imagery over Hurricane Beryl, above, shows the Category 5 (on the Saffir-Simpson scale) storm moving across the central Caribbean to the south of Puerto Rico. 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