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Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites.

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Wednesday, 3 February 2021

7 December 2020 12:50-23:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Pacific cirrus above stratocumulus

New NIR1.3 channel on GOES ABI helps to detect thin cirrus clouds above low-level clouds.

Thursday, 2 April 2020

2 April 2020 15:50 UTC and 29 April 13:20 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Cyclogenesis off Uruguay and southern Brazil

Explosive cyclogenesis off the Uruguay coast and near southern Brazil in early April could be seen in satellite imagery.

Friday, 6 March 2020

7 and 8 March 2020

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Dust from a dry Patagonian lake reaches Atlantic

Dust that lifted from a dry Patagonian lake and reached the Atlantic could be seen on various satellite images in March 2020.

Dust lifted from a dry Patagonian lake reaches the South Atlantic

Monday, 14 December 2020

20-21 November 2019

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Andes weather in November

Andes mountain waves are frequent in November, as was the case in 2019.

Sunday, 9 June 2019

9–19 June 2019, Various times

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Strong winds, heavy rain and floods in Uruguay

Torrential rain hit central Uruguay in June 2019, causing serious flooding.

Sunday, 2 June 2019

2 June 2019 09:00 UTC–5 June 08:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

The Fujiwhara effect on extratropical cyclones

Extratropical cyclones in the south-east Pacific underwent the Fujiwhara effect in June 2019.

Sunday, 24 March 2019

24 March 2019 11:00 UTC–25 March 10:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Rare tropical storm in the South Atlantic basin

In late March 2019 a rare tropical storm formed in the South Atlantic basin, off the coast of Brazil.

Sunday, 3 March 2019

04 March 2019 00:00–10:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Night-time thunderstorms over Argentina

The GOES-16 ABI Night Microphysics RGB monitored convective outflow boundaries from major thunderstorms in Argentina in early March 2019.

Friday, 23 March 2018

23 March 2018 16:00 UTC–25 March 20:45 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Thunderstorms over La Plata river

In late March 2018 severe thunderstorms hit parts of South America.

Friday, 16 February 2018

16 February 2018 11:00–23:15 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Intense thunderstorms in Argentina and Uruguay

Intense thunderstorms in Argentina and Uruguay, with hail and rain, helped extinguish fires in February 2018.

Tuesday, 1 January 2019

January–December 2018

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Image Library top ten for 2018

A look at our most popular case studies from 2018

Tuesday, 4 April 2017

04 April 15:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, 16 April 14:56 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Floods in South America

Due to reinforcing of El Niño along the western coast of South America, large areas of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru were severely affected by weeks of almost continuous rain in March and April 2017.

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