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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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Tuesday, 9 January 2018

January–December 2017

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Image Library top ten for 2017

A look at our most popular case studies from 2017.

Wednesday, 28 December 2016

28 December 2016 01:00–06:00 UTC

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Holepunch clouds over eastern China

On 28 December 2016 holepunch clouds or fallstreak holes developed over eastern China.

Saturday, 24 December 2016

24 December 2016 03:00 UTC–4 January 2017 03:00 UTC

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Lingering fog over the Arabian Peninsula

From 24 December and for more than 10 days, a thick fog invaded the Arabian Gulf countries resulting in limited night-morning visibility.

Monday, 19 December 2016

20 December 2016 00:00–10:45 UTC

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Snow over Jordan and northern parts of Saudi Arabia

Overnight on 19-20 December 2016 there were heavy snowfalls in Jordan and in Turaif city in Saudi Arabia.

Snow over northern parts of Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, 7 December 2016

08 December 2016 00:00 UTC–19 December 06:00 UTC

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Tropical Cyclone Vardah

Using Meteosat-8 imagery it was possible to track the full lifetime of Tropical Cyclone Vardah.

Monday, 5 December 2016

06 December 2016 00:00 UTC–09 December 23:45 UTC

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Night-time fog over India

Meteosat-8 and Himawari-8 observe night-time fog formation in northern India in early December 2016.

Sunday, 4 December 2016

04 December 2016 12:12 UTC

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Flooding in southern Spain

Tropical air trapped in Gulf of Cadiz caused severe flooding in southern Spain in December 2016.

Monday, 28 November 2016

29 November 2016 11:16 UTC and 12:53 UTC

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VIIRS double view of snowy Alps

On 29 November 2016 the VIIRS instrument on Suomi-NPP covered the Alps in two consecutive day orbits. This does not happen very often.

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

22 November 2016 12:00 UTC–25 November 12:00 UTC

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Heavy rain and flooding in Piedmont region of Italy

After having been missed for a couple of spring and autumn seasons, an intense multi-day precipitation period, typical for these seasons, developed again towards the end of November 2016.

Monday, 21 November 2016

21 November 04:00 UTC–22 November 2016 19:00 UTC

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Dust over the Sea of Oman

A large area of dust was seen by both Meteosat and Sentinel-3A as it travelled across parts of the Middle East in November 2016.

Saturday, 19 November 2016

19 November 13:00 UTC–21 November 2016 13:00 UTC

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Storm Angus

Storm Angus, the first named UK storm of Autumn 2016, brought high winds and flooding to southern parts of the country.

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

26 October 2016 21:00 UTC–31 October 15:00 UTC

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Medicane over the Mediterranean Sea

In late October 2016 both Meteosat-10 and Metop 'saw' a Medicane that formed over the Ionian Sea.

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