Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Atmospheric composition Land Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags SEVIRI ASCAT AVHRR MSG SLSTR MTG Sentinel-3 Africa Metop-A Metop Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS AHI Atlantic Ocean Date 2016 Date January February March April May June July August November December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 25 results Case study 24 December 2016 03:00 UTC–4 January 2017 03:00 UTC Lingering fog over the Arabian Peninsula For more than 10 days in December, a thick fog covered the Arabian Gulf countries. Case study 20 December 2016 00:00–10:45 UTC Snow over Jordan and northern parts of Saudi Arabia Heavy snowfalls in Jordan and in Turaif city, Saudi Arabia in December 2016. Case study 6 December 2016 00:00 UTC–9 December 23:45 UTC Night-time fog over India Meteosat-8 and Himawari-8 observe night-time fog formation in northern India in December. Case study 4 December 2016 12:12 UTC Flooding in southern Spain Tropical air trapped in Gulf of Cadiz caused severe flooding in Spain in December 2016. Case study 22 November 2016 12:00 UTC–25 November 12:00 UTC Heavy rain & flooding in Piedmont, Italy In November 2016 Piedmont region of Italy had intense multi-day precipitation. Case study 21 November 04:00 UTC–22 November 2016 19:00 UTC Dust over the Sea of Oman Large area of dust seen by MSG and Sentinel-3A as it travelled across the Middle East. Case study 19 November 13:00 UTC–21 November 2016 13:00 UTC Storm Angus Storm Angus, the first named UK storm of Autumn 2016, brought high winds and flooding. Case study 18–28 August 2016 Smoke over parts of South America In August 2016 partially dense smoke veils covered extended areas of South America. Case study 8 August 2016 15:30 UTC and 10 August 08:30 UTC Smoke from wildfires in Portugal Smoke from wildfires ravaged parts of Portugal in early August 2016, seen by Meteosat-10. Case study 6 August 2016 12:00–23:00 UTC Torrential rain over Skopje The area of Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, had 100mm of rain in 2 hours on 6 August 2016. Case study 10 July 2016 10:45–11:05 UTC and 18:00 UTC Low cloud vortices off coast of Morocco On 10 July a low cloud vortex was spotted off the northwest coast of Morocco. Case study 26 June 2016 03:00 UTC Gravity waves over the South Atlantic Interplay of atmospheric gravity waves over the South Atlantic off the African coast. Load More
