Your 5 favorite TD/TS/Hurricane satellite images

[John Peters]

1) Hurricane Gilbert at peak intensity - September 13, 1988 2118 UTC

2) Hurricane Floyd - September 13, 1999 2127 UTC

3) Hurricane Katrina - August 28, 2005 2332 UTC

4) Hurricane Mitch - October 26, 1998 1245 GMT

5) Hurricane Kenna - October 24, 2002 2345 UTC

 

[Joshua T. Clark]

A Few of My Favorite Tropical Pics

Hurricane Hugo and a Polar Low

Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Floyd side-by-side

Hurricane Wilma, The Strongest Tropical Cyclone In The Atlantic Basin.

Super-Typhoon Tip at its maximum intensity of 870mb

Hurricane Katrina

 

[B Ozanne]

I have a great high-res shot of Rita sitting in the middle of the Gulf at her peak intensity. Probably my favorite (its on another computer).

I have to say, Tip looks rather sad for being the most intense hurricane. Was Tip's pressure measured by a boat, aircraft recon or satellite derived?

 

[Bryan Putnam]

You guys already got a few of mine:

1. Gilbert at peak intensity

2. Wilma at peak intensity

3. Hurricane Katrina over the Mississippi delta (infared):

4. Mitch (infared):

5. Andrew just after landfall:

 

[John Peters]

I have a great high-res shot of Rita sitting in the middle of the Gulf at her peak intensity. Probably my favorite (its on another computer).

I have to say, Tip looks rather sad for being the most intense hurricane. Was Tip's pressure measured by a boat, aircraft recon or satellite derived?

I'm not exactly sure that satellite image was taken of the storm at peak intensity. It certainly doesn't look like it (CDO is not very impressive, much of the low level circulation is visible)

 

[Jim Leonard]

I have a great high-res shot of Rita sitting in the middle of the Gulf at her peak intensity. Probably my favorite (its on another computer).

I have to say, Tip looks rather sad for being the most intense hurricane. Was Tip's pressure measured by a boat, aircraft recon or satellite derived?

Typhoon Tip pressure was measured from Recon aircraft.

 

[Jose Garcia]

Jim...

If I'm not wrong when the aircraft got into the eye the pressure measured was of 870mb and then the other fix had a higher pressure indicatin that Tip had already peaked out hours prior to the arrival of the airplane leaving the posibility the storm had a lower pressure. Is that correct?

Jose

 

[Jim Leonard]

Jose,
That is correct. I spoke to one of the meterologists on that flight who told me that the flight was smooth which indicated to me the convection had weakened some from the previous day. From his observation one would conclude the supertyphoon had peaked in intensity before the 870mb reading was taken. Since 1987 there has been no recon flights into typhoons in the NWP. There have been several typhoons since 1987 that may have had lower readings according to satellite estimates but we will never know for sure.

 

[B Ozanne]

This is the image of Rita I was talking about.

 

[Jim Leonard]

http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/globe/color/1991/2048x2048/GMS491112700.globe.1.jpg
My favorite image of a tropical cyclone, Supertyphoon "Yuri" November 27, 1991. I was lucky enough to have been on Guam at the time. The eye was passing 50 miles to the SSW of the island. The eyewall was just offshore so we only experienced gusts to 110kts. The estimated central pressure at the time of closest approach (CPA) to Guam was 885mb, with sustained winds of 160kts, gusts to 195kts.

 

[Jose Garcia]

Some of my all time favorites have been posted such as Gilbert so I want to include these 3:

Hurricane Wilma with its 2nm eye and 882mb pressure

TC Monica in April 2006, absolutely the most impressive TC I've ever seen in the S. Hemisphere:

Super Typhoon Keith on November 1997: