Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Weather Meteosat Atmospheric composition Land Data Metop Sentinel Tags SEVIRI AVHRR MSG OLCI Third Party Sentinel-3 Africa IASI NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Date 2013 Date January March May June August September November SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 17 results Case study 28 November 2013 09:00–18:00 UTC Massive hailstorm over Gauteng, South Africa Severe thunderstorms with golf ball size hail and flash floods hit Gauteng province of South Africa in late November. Case study 18 November 2013 09:00–16:00 UTC Severe thunderstorms over Sardinia Flash floods caused by heavy thunderstorms tear through streets in Sardinia, submerging homes and killing at least 18 people. Case study 14 November 2013 05:30–11:00 UTC Signs of severe turbulence The 'fringing' in jet stream cirrus, seen in the imagery, indicates the likelihood of severe turbulence. Case study 6 November 2013 10:30–14:30 UTC Distrails over Central Europe A distrail, short for dissipation trail, forms when an aircraft flies through a supercooled cloud. Case study 2013-2019 Monitoring tropical cyclones in the Pacific Ocean - 2013-2019 Cases using satellite imagery to track tropical cyclones in the Pacific Ocean in the 2010s. Case study 19 September 2013 08:00—12:00 UTC Dust in the Free State (South Africa) On 19 September 2013 a dust storm was observed on the Dust RGB over the central part of South Africa. Case study 10 September 2013 10:30–21:30 UTC Smoke & dust streamers over Argentina seen by Meteosat-10 Strong winds, high temperatures, and months of drought fuelled an outbreak of wildfire in northern Argentina in September 2013. Case study 25 May 2013 04:41 UTC-15 October 00:00 UTC Hurricanes Humberto and Gonzalo A look at two different hurricanes during the 2013 North Atlantic hurricane season. Case study 3 September 2013 12:30 UTC Large convective system develops over Tunisia An upper level disturbance triggers the development of numerous thunderstorms over Algeria and Tunisia. Case study 14 August 2013 06:00 UTC Early morning river valley fog over DR Congo River valley fog frequently develops in the night-time and quickly dissolves in the morning hours. Case study 20 June 2013 09:00 UTC Severe storms captured by super rapid scan Convective storms in parts of Germany and Switzerland, captured at 2.5-minute intervals by Meteosat-8. Case study 18 June 2013 00:00 UTC Satellite & airplane views of cold ring-shape storm 17–20 June 2013 was the first heat wave of the year in central Europe. Load More
