Image of the week: storm Karen

Watching our Earth from space

This week’s image is of Storm Karen. The image was captured on 10 October by the Meteosat-12 geostationary weather satellite, 36,000km above the Earth.

Last Updated

15 October 2025

Published on

15 October 2025

Subtropical storm Karen was a short-lived storm that was located far northwest of the Azores. It reached maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kmh), before it quickly faded.

It was the 11th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and was unusually far north when it formed on 9 October 2025.

Storm image

The main image was captured by the FCI instrument onboard the Meteosat-12 geostationary weather satellite on 10 October 2025.

The Meteosat weather satellites provide imagery for the early detection of fast-developing severe weather, weather forecasting and climate monitoring.