Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Filter by Categories Satellites Atmospheric Composition Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Tags Satellite Applications Facility (SAF) SEVIRI Africa NOAA Europe North America, Central America & Caribbean GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP VIIRS Atlantic Ocean Date 2021 Date January February 10 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort Tuesday, 23 February 2021 15 February 2021 07:00 UTC-19 February 08:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Large dust plume ejecting off west Africa Saharan dust heading for Europe in Feb 2021; second major dust outbreak of the season Monday, 8 February 2021 5 February 2021 09:00 UTC-7 February 11:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Meteosat-11 captures plume of Saharan dust coming from northern Africa On 5-6 February 2021, a massive amount of Saharan dust was advected across the Mediterranean Sea into central Europe. Tuesday, 2 February 2021 May, June, December 2020 and January 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog Contrails - when do we see them from satellites? Looking at the contrails in satellite images and investigating supportive atmospheric conditions. Thursday, 11 February 2021 1-15 February 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog February 2021: very cold first half in Europe and North America Winter 2020/21 brings arctic weather conditions to northern & central Europe. Thursday, 28 January 2021 27 January 11:00 UTC-28 January 10:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Series of storms over parts of western Europe Series of storms brings torrential rain to Western and Central Europe in late January 2021. Tuesday, 9 February 2021 26 January 2021 00:00 UTC-29 January 10:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Storm Justine hits the Azores At the end of January 2021 a series of storms formed in North Atlantic, one of them moving close to the Azores. Friday, 22 January 2021 18 January 2021 21:00 UTC-21 January 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Storm Christoph batters the UK Storm Christoph caused severe flooding and heavy snowfall in parts of the UK in mid-January 2021. Monday, 18 January 2021 16 January 2021 10:00 UTC-17 January 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Snow-covered Europe Snow covered many parts of Europe in January 2021. Tuesday, 19 January 2021 15 January 2021 15:00-16 January 23:50 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over the US Central Plains and Gulf of Mexico Major dust outbreak over the American Central Plains in mid-January 2021. Tuesday, 12 January 2021 8 January 2021 09:00 UTC-11 January 13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Heavy snow in parts of Spain Parts of central Spain saw their heaviest snowfalls in decades in January 2021.