Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Satellites Atmospheric Composition Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags SEVIRI Atlantic Ocean ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MHS OLCI SLSTR SRAL Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa Altimeters NOAA Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe North America, Central America & Caribbean S America GOES SNPP VIIRS ABI Indian Ocean Date 2021 2020 2018 2017 2016 2013 2010 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 17 results Case study 15 February 2021 07:00 UTC-19 February 08:00 UTC Large dust plume ejecting off west Africa Saharan dust heading for Europe in Feb 2021; second major dust outbreak of the season. Case study 26 January 2021 00:00 UTC-29 January 10:00 UTC 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. Case study 25 December 2020 00:00 UTC-2 January 2021 09:00 UTC Chalane crosses southern African subcontinent Tropical Storm Chalane landfall in Madagascar and Mozambique in December 2020 then crossed the entire South African subcontinent. Case study 2-29 December 2020 15:00 UTC and 28 January 2021 15:00 UTC Iceberg A68-A curves around South Georgia The breakup of Iceberg A68-A, in December 2020, was observed in Meteosat and GOES imagery. Case study 11 November 2020 09:00 UTC-13 November 09:30 UTC Subtropical Storm Theta Subtropical storm Theta formed in the Atlantic Ocean early morning 10 November 2020. Case study 1 June-30 November 2020 End of a busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season The 2020 North Atlantic hurricane season was record-breaking, with 30 named tropical storms. Case study 30 August 2018 12:00 UTC–17 September 23:00 UTC Hurricane Florence Hurricane Florence was the first major hurricane of the 2018 North Atlantic hurricane season and caused major devastation when it hit the US east coast in mid-September. Case study August and September 2017 Record-breaking 2017 hurricane season The North Atlantic hurricane season on 2017 has proved to be both devastating and record-breaking so far. Case study 9 January 2016 12:00 UTC–15 January 08:00 UTC Hurricane Alex - earliest hurricane in 60 years Alex formed over the Atlantic on 14 January, a very early date for an Atlantic hurricane. Case study 9–12 September 2013 Humberto grows to hurricane strength Hurricane Humberto, the first hurricane over the Atlantic Ocean in the 2013 season. Case study 30 August 2010 12:00 UTC Hurricane Earl and TC Fiona Hurricane Earl grows into a category 4 hurricane, grazing the Lesser Antilles as it gains size and strength. Case study 16 August 2007 00:00 UTC Category 5 hurricane Dean hits Yucatan peninsula Dean made landfall in the Yucatan on 21 August, and a second landfall near Tecolutla, Mexico, on 22 August. Load More