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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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Monday, 11 January 2021

18 December 2020 21:00 UTC-19 December 23:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Early summer convection in central Argentina and Uruguay

Severe convection in central Argentina in December 2020.

GOES-16 night microphysics RGB, 19 Dec 2020 03UTC

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

1 December 2020 00:00 UTC-3 December 16:24 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Upwelling in the Gulf of Tehuantepec

Regional topography and winds drive a strong upwelling of cold ocean waters and an increase in phytoplankton growth in the Gulf of Tehuantepec.

Wednesday, 16 September 2020

16 September 2020 10:00–15:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Smoky hurricane

A large smoke cloud was sucked into Hurricane Paulette, changing microphysical properties of associated cloud bands.

Saturday, 20 June 2020

20 June 2020

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Cancer solstice 2020

The Cancer solstice, with the Sun directly over the Tropic of Cancer, took place in 2020 on 20 June at 21:43 UTC.

Friday, 5 June 2020

5 June 2020 00:00 UTC–26 June 21:00 UTC

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Exceptional Saharan dust transport over the Atlantic Ocean

In June 2020 large amounts of Saharan dust, declared by the media as an "historic Saharan dust plume", travelled on easterly trade winds all the way to the Caribbean and south-eastern parts of the continental US.

Thursday, 2 April 2020

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

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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

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Dust lifted from a dry Patagonian lake reaches the South Atlantic

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

Monday, 24 February 2020

24 Feb 2020 15:00 UTC and 25 Feb 13:00–23:45 UTC

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Dusty Dry Conveyor Belt

The Dry Conveyor Belt (DCB) is usually free of clouds in the mid and higher levels, so barely traceable on solar imagery, but in February 2020 it could be seen due to dust transport.