Case studies

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

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Thursday, 28 November 2013

28 November 2013 09:00–18:00 UTC

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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.

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

26 November 2013 03:40 UTC

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Metop captures TC Lehar over Bay of Bengal

Tropical Depression 05B formed off the west coast of the Malay Peninsula on 23 November before strengthing into a Tropical Cyclone.

Metop captures Tropical Cyclone Lehar over Bay of Bengal

Monday, 18 November 2013

18 November 2013 09:00–16:00 UTC

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Severe thunderstorms over Sardinia

Flash floods caused by heavy thunderstorms tear through streets in Sardinia, submerging homes and killing at least 18 people.

Saturday, 16 November 2013

16 November 12:00 UTC–17 November 12:00 UTC

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Storms over Scandinavia

Record wind speeds were measured when storms passed northern parts of Scandinavia in mid-November.

Thursday, 14 November 2013

14 November 2013 05:30–11:00 UTC

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Signs of severe turbulence

The 'fringing' in jet stream cirrus, seen in the imagery, indicates the likelihood of severe turbulence.

Friday, 8 November 2013

08 November 2013 04:00 UTC

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Super Typhoon Haiyan devastates the Philippines

The equivalent of a category-5 hurricane Typhoon Haiyan, possibly the strongest typhoon ever recorded, struck the Philippines causing major loss of life, flooding and extensive damage to buildings.

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

06 November 2013 10:30–14:30 UTC

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Distrails over Central Europe

A distrail, short for dissipation trail, forms when an aircraft flies through a supercooled cloud.

Sunday, 3 November 2013

03 November 2013 07:00 - 18:30 UTC

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Rare hybrid solar eclipse

Meteosat-10 captures images at 15-minute intervals of the solar eclipse over Africa.

Sunday, 3 November 2013

03 November 2013 06:00 UTC

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Typhoon Krosa over the South China Sea

Typhoon Krosa was classified as a category-1 storm when captured by Meteosat-7.