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Posted by feww on July 21, 2011
DORA has intensified to a category 4A hurricane with sustained winds of about 215km/hr, currently moving WNW (295 degrees), away from the Pacific Coast of Mexico, at a moderate pace of about 25km/hr
Hurricane DORA IR satellite image [2-km res.] Source CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
Hurricane DORA – IR satellite with a projected path superimposed on the image. Source CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
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Posted by feww on October 31, 2010
Hurricane Tomas, the 12th hurricane of 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, has strengthened in the eastern Caribbean and continues moving WNW, possibly toward Haiti.
Hurricane Tomas. IR Satellite Image with projected trajectories superimposed. Source: NOAA/TPC via CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
“The hurricane swept over St. Lucia and St. Vincent on Saturday, damaging homes, knocking out power and blocking roads with flooding and debris. There were no immediate reports of any deaths,” a report said.
“We have over 100 homes that have lost roofs. We expect that to increase,” said Michelle Forbes, head of the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) of St. Vincent.
Posted in 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season, 2010 Hurricane Season, hurricane, storm, storm disaster | Tagged: Hurricane Tomas, Hurricane Tomas forecast trajectories, Hurricane Tomas projected paths, Hurricane Tomas projected trajectories, Hurricane Tomas satellite image | Leave a Comment »
Posted by feww on September 17, 2010
(L to R) Hurricanes KARL, IGOR, Julia and FANAPI. Image Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
KARL was a cat 3B hurricane as of posting [FEWW estimate.]. Image source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
IGOR was a cat 4A hurricane as of posting [FEWW estimate.]. Image source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
JULIA was a cat 1 hurricane as of posting [FEWW estimate.]. Image source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
FANAPI, about 12 times larger than the are of its target, Taiwan, was a cat 2B hurricane as of posting [FEWW estimate.]. Image source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
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Posted by feww on September 16, 2010
(L to R) TS KARL, Hurricanes IGOR and Julia, TS FANAPI. Image Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
Timed at: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:15:30 UTC. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
Animated Version of the above image:
Source:CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
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Posted by feww on September 15, 2010
Hurricane IGOR – IR (NHC Enhancement) Satellite Image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
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Posted by feww on September 2, 2010
Hurricane EARL – GOES Satellite Floater Imagery. Click image to enlarge
Real-Time U.S. Composite Satellite Image
Animate image. Click image to enlarge.
Hurricane Earl
Hurricane EARL – natural-color image was captured by MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite at 2 p.m. EDT on September 1, 2010. The Bahamas are immediately west of the storm. Download large image (6 MB, JPEG) – Image acquired September 1, 2010. Click image to enlarge.
Hurricane Earl – The Astronaut View
This photograph was captured with a digital SLR camera by a NASA astronaut, Douglas Wheelock, on August 30, 2010, showing Earl with a distinct eye that spanned about 28 kilometers. Full caption here.
Satellite Imagery (GOES 12 Floater/NOAA/SSD). West Atlantic – IR (Aviation Color Enhancement). Click image to enlarge.
Loops/ Satellite Animations (GOES 12; NOAA/SSD). Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Sector – Infrared. Click image to animate.
For more images and animation, go to Satellite Imagery
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Posted by feww on August 31, 2010
L-R: HURRICANE EARL, Tropical Storm FIONA, T.S. DANIELLE, Invest Area 98L, T.S. LIONROCK, T.S. NAMTHEUN, Typhoon KOMPASU. Click image to enlarge.
HURRICANE EARL – IR (NHC Enhancement) Satellite Image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
Hurricane EARL: Summary of status at 11:10UTC on August 31, 2010 [Estimated by Fire-Earth]
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Posted by feww on July 1, 2010
Hurricane ALEX – IR Satellite Image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
Tropical Storm Warning
Hurricane Alex as it hovered over the western Gulf of Mexico. Image taken by MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite at 12:10 p.m. Central Daylight Time on June 30, 2010. Source: NASA E/O. Download large image (6 MB, JPEG)
Hurricane Alex covering the Gulf of Mexico, from the Yucatán Peninsula to the Louisiana coast. Natural-color image taken by MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite on June 29, 2010. Source: NASA E/O. Download large image (5 MB, JPEG)
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Posted by feww on June 30, 2010
ALEX, the first hurricane of 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season, is also the first June hurricane in 15 years.
Hurricane ALEX – IR Satellite Image (NHC Enhancement). Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge
Hurricane ALEX – VIS/IR Satellite Image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge
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Posted by feww on June 21, 2010
Hurricane CELIA and Projected Path. IR-WV Difference Satellite image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
Tropical Depression BLAS and Projected Path. IR-WV Difference Satellite image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
This image of Tropical Storms [now a tropical depression] Blas and Celia [now a hurricane,] was acquired by MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite in a single overpass on June 19, 2010. Source: NASA. Click image to enlarge.
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Posted by feww on April 8, 2010
Serial No 1,550. Starting April 2010, each entry on this blog has a serial number. If any of the numbers are missing, it may mean that the corresponding entry has been blocked by the authorities/Google in your country. Please drop us a line if you detect any anomaly/missing number(s).
Hurricane Ike bears down onto the upper Texas coastline with category 2 wind speed of 177 km/hr (110 mph), September, 2008. Thanks to the inadequacies of Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, many could have attested to being hit by a category 3 storm. Image Source: NOAA
The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will see above-average activity with increased chances of United States and Caribbean major hurricane landfall, the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team have predicted.
“We have increased our seasonal forecast from the mid-point of our initial early December prediction due to a combination of anomalous warming of Atlantic tropical sea surface temperatures and a more confident view that the current El Niño will weaken.” They said.
They forecast 15 named storms, including 8 hurricanes, 4 of them major, with a 69 percent probability [long-term average probability is 52 percent] at least one major hurricane making landfall on the U.S. coastline in 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season which officially begins on June 1 and lasts for 6 months.
Major hurricanes are those classified as Category 3a or above on the FEWW New Hurricane Scale with sustained winds of at least 178 km per hour (111 mph).
Atlantic Basin Seasonal Hurricane Forecast For 2010. Source: Department of Atmospheric Science Colorado State University (By Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray)
Probabilities for a minimum of one major hurricane making landfall on the following coastal areas:
Probabilities for a minimum of one major hurricane tracking into Caribbeans (10-20°N, 60-88°W)
The forecasters estimate:
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Posted by feww on March 16, 2010
As the cyclone went past Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second largest Island, it wobbled toward the main islands; however, you couldn’t see what exactly happened because the high res satellite images were withdrawn from various sites.
Having checked the continuous loop images earlier, the moderators noticed that up to 3 original frames in the MTSAT image loops appeared to be “gap fillers.”
Latest satellite image of TOMAS, as of posting:
The Government of FIJI has just declared a State of Disaster for the Northern and Eastern divisions of Fiji.
The declaration was made by Fiji’s National Disaster Council due to “the serious situation that had resulted in Tropical Cyclone Tomas’ wake in the North.” Fiji Times reported.
Officials said “The same situation as the North is likely to be repeated in the Eastern Division.” The Eastern division is made up of the Lomaiviti and Lau groups of islands.
Fiji’s “Northern division” consists of Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second largest island, Taveuni and dozens of smaller islands including Cikobia, Fiji Times said.
More than 17,000 people fled their homes in Western division, the report said.
“The National Disaster Council has declared a state of disaster in the northern division and eastern division,” National Disaster Management Office operations officer Anthony Blake said.
The Council is particularly concerned about the islands of Cikobia and Qelelevu because they have not heard anything from them since the cyclone struck there about 36 hours earlier.
At least 50 properties had been destroyed, as of posting, reports said. However, the extent of destruction and damage is bound to be much greater given the force of TOMAS and vulnerability of Fiji islands to storms.
“On Gau island to the east of Viti Levu, Lamiti village head teacher Solomone Rasiga told Fiji commercial radio the villagers sheltered overnight from fierce winds and heavy rain.” AFP reported.
“The wind is very strong, there is a lot of damage to crops,” he said.
Tropical Cyclone Tomas (TC 19P) – Summary of Details on March 16 at 00:01UTC
Cyclone TOMAS Projected Track. Source: JTWC. Click image to enlarge.
Cyclone ULUI Projected Track. Source: JTWC. Click image to enlarge.
MTSAT (NOAA) images from NOAA– Click images to enlarge and animate.
MTSAT – IR Image
MTSAT – Colorized IR Image
MTSAT – Visible Image
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Posted by feww on March 15, 2010
In the last 24 hours, Cyclone TOMAS has grown into a Cat 3B Hurricane force on the FEWW New Hurricane Scale and is still intensifying. ULUI has weakened from a super cyclone force to a Cat 3C hurricane in the same period.
A very low probability of increased interaction exists between the two systems. If the odds were to improve, whereby pinwheeling occurred between the two cyclones, TOMAS could change track, moving westward, then wobbling close to, around, or over the Fiji islands for a much longer period than anticipated.
Cyclone TOMAS. Latest GOES Image as of posting. (GOES Sat. NOAA). Click image to enlarge.
(L to R) Cyclones ULUI and TOMAS. MTSAT Colorized IR Image (NOAA). Click image to enlarge.
Tropical Cyclone Tomas (TC 19P) – Summary of Details on March 15 at 00:01UTC
Cyclone TOMAS: Latest forecast track. Source: JTWC. [Nature’s acute geometry, or wishful thinking?]
Cyclone ULUI: Latest projected path. Source: JTWC.
MTSAT (NOAA) images from NOAA– Click images to enlarge and animate.
MTSAT – IR Image
MTSAT – Colorized IR Image
MTSAT – Visible Image
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Posted by feww on February 22, 2010
Tropical Storm GELANE IR Satellite Image (BD Enhancement). Source: UW-CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
Tropical Cyclone GELANE (TC 16S) Details
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Posted by feww on February 21, 2010
Tropical Storm GELANE weakened rapidly and is now expected to dissipate as a significant storm up to 36 hours sooner than previously forecast (within the next 48 hours).
Tropical Storm GELANE Visible/IR Satellite Image. Source: UW-CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
Tropical Cyclone GELANE (TC 16S) Details
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Posted by feww on February 20, 2010
Tropical Cyclone GELANE, having reached sustained wind speeds of about 235 km/hr, is now a Cat. 4A Hurricane force on the FEWW New Hurricane Scale with sustained winds of about 218 km/he (117.5 kt) and wind gusts of up to 260 km/hr (140 kt).
The Cyclone could track west moving toward Madagascar with the islands of Mauritius and Réunion still in crosshairs.
Cyclone GELANE Visible/IR Satellite Image. Source: UW-CIMSS. Click images to enlarge.
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See also: UW- CIMSS Cyclone Portal
GELANE Satellite Image – Meto France.
The MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite caught an impressive visible image of Gelane on February 19 at 09:45 UTC (4:45 a.m. ET) that clearly showed the eye of this Category 4 cyclone. Credit: NASA MODIS Rapid Response Team. Click Image to Enlarge!
The AIRS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured Gelane on Feb. 19 at 4:41 a.m. ET (09:41UTC). Even Gelane’s eye is visible in this infrared image, and it’s surrounded by very high, powerful thunderstorms with cloud tops as cold as -63F. Credit: NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen. Click Image to Enlarge!
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Posted by feww on February 19, 2010
Images of the Day:
As of about 06:00UTC on February 19, Cyclone GELANE has intensified to a Cat. 4A Hurricane force on the FEWW New Hurricane Scale with sustained winds of about 222 km/he (119.8 kt) and gusts of 260 km/hr (140 kt).
Cyclone GELANE has developed a perfectly round 20-km eye. Visible Images. Source: UW-CIMSS. Click images to enlarge.
Cyclone Gelane – 2010-02-19 00:00 — 2010-02-19 09:45 Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS, with Infrared (MIMIC-IR) – Version 1
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Posted by feww on February 15, 2010
Having killed at least one person, leaving behind a trail of destruction in the American Samoa (despite false media reports to the contrary), Cyclone RENE continues to lash the island groups of Tonga with wind gusts of 200 km/hr and heavy rain.
According to two different reports, the roofs are being torn off building, trees ripped out of the ground, with power and communication lines cut off on the Vava’u and Ha’apai island groups.
RENE is now headed toward the Tongan capital of Nuku’Alofa on the main island of Tongatapu.
Tropical Cyclone RENE – IR-WV Difference Satellite Image – Source: UW-CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
Map of Tonga Island Groups. Source: USGovt. Click image to enlarge.
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NOAA East Pacific Floater 1 GOES Satellite Imagery – Cyclone FIFTEEN (TC 15P)
See also: UW- CIMSS Cyclone Portal
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Posted by feww on February 13, 2010
Background:
Tropical Cyclone RENE – IR-WV Difference Satellite Image – Source: UW-CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
Tropical Cyclone RENE – NOAA GOES JSL2 IR CH4 Satellite Image- Date as inset. Click image to enlarge. Click here for the most recent update.
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NOAA East Pacific Floater 1 GOES Satellite Imagery – Cyclone FIFTEEN (TC 15P)
See also: UW- CIMSS Cyclone Portal
Recent Disasters in Samoa Islands Region
In September 2009, the Samoa tsunami killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga, destroying dozens of villages.
In January 2004, Cyclone Heta struck Samoa Islands and American Samoa, destroying or damaging more than 4,500 homes in American Samoa. Heta also destroyed 90 percent of the crops in the region.
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Posted by feww on February 13, 2010
In fact, based on the available information, there’s little to prevent the cyclone [turning around] tracking west, and targeting Samoa Islands, despite the forecast paths.
Cyclone Rene. NOAA GOES AVNCOLOR Enhancement IR Satellite image. Click image to enlarge. Click HERE or the Latest Image. See Enhanced Image.
Political Map of American Samoa and Samoa Islands. Click image to enlarge.
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NOAA East Pacific Floater 1 GOES Satellite Imagery – Cyclone FIFTEEN (TC 15P)
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Posted in cyclone, hurricane, Pacific Ocean, storm, tropical cyclone | Tagged: Cyclone RENE, Cyclone RENE Update 2, pago-pago, Pukapuka, RENE Update feb 13, Samoa, Samoa Islands, South Pacific, TC 15P | 6 Comments »
Posted by feww on February 12, 2010
Tropical Cyclone RENE (TC 15P) – Water Vapor Satellite Image. Source: UW-CIMSS. Click Image to enlarge.
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South Pacific and North America are two places to avoid right now!
Additional Satellite Imagery
NOAA East Pacific Floater 1 GOES Satellite Imagery – Cyclone FIFTEEN (TC 15P)
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Posted in cyclone, hurricane, Pacific Ocean, storm, tropical cyclone | Tagged: Cyclone RENE, Cyclone RENE Update 1, pago-pago, Pukapuka, South Pacific, TC 15P | 6 Comments »
Posted by feww on February 11, 2010
FIFTEEN shows early signs it could develop into a major cyclone (hurricane)in the next 48 to 60 hours
Tropical Cyclone FIFTEEN. IR Satellite Image. Source: UW-CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
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NOAA East Pacific Floater 1 GOES Satellite Imagery ================
Cyclone FIFTEEN (TC 15P)
Visible Image – Java – Flash
IR AVN Image – Java – Flash
IR Shortwave Image – Java – Flash
IR Dvorak* Image – Java – Flash
IR Unenhanced Image – Java – Flash
IR JSL Image – Java – Flash
IR RGB Image – Java – Flash
IR Funktop Image – Java – Flash
IR Rainbow Image – Java – Flash
Water Vapor Image – Java – Flash
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Posted by feww on February 9, 2010
Tropical Cyclone PAT (14P) – satellite image. Source: CIMSS – Date/time – Feb 9, 2010 at 06:00UTC. Click image to enter CIMSS portal.
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Posted by feww on February 6, 2010
TC OLI – Multispectral Satellite Image. Source: JTWC – Date/Time: Feb 05, 2010, at 23:30UTC
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The storm eye is no longer visible. The system will continue to weaken due to decreasing sea surface temperatures and increasing vertical wind shear, and is expected to become fully extratropical in the next 36 hours.
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Posted by feww on February 5, 2010
Background:
Oli Strikes
OLI struck French Polynesia a few hours ago. On the main island of Tahiti, hundreds of people abandoned their homes to escape the full wrath of the strengthening cyclone. Roads harbors and airports were closed throughout the popular holiday island resorts, according to various reports.
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Cat 4B Hurricane OLI – Visible IR image. Date as inset. Source: UW-CIMSS. Click image to enter CIMSS Tropical Cyclone portal.
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