Storm Goretti, Meteosat-12, 12.30 8 January 2026

Image of the week: Storm Goretti approaches Ireland, UK and France

 

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Storm Goretti, Meteosat-12, 12.30 8 January 2026
Storm Goretti, Meteosat-12, 12.30 8 January 2026

This week’s image is of Storm Goretti. The image was captured on 8 January by the Meteosat-12 geostationary weather satellite, 36,000km above the Earth.

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08 January 2026

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08 January 2026

Storm Goretti is a deep area of low pressure that is forecast to bring very strong winds and rain and snow to parts of Ireland, the UK and France (08/01/25). There are also warnings of flooding in coastal areas, in particular in northern France.

The storm was named by Météo-France - the French national weather service - and is the first named storm of 2026.

Follow the path of the storm on our EUMETview online satellite data viewer.

Storm Goretti, Meteosat-12, 12.30 8 January 2026

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The main image was captured by the FCI instrument onboard the Meteosat-12 geostationary weather satellite on 8 January 2025.

The Meteosat weather satellites provide imagery for the early detection of fast-developing severe weather, weather forecasting and climate monitoring.

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Follow the storm: Met Office, Met Eireann, Météo-France

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Storm Goretti, Meteosat-12, 12.30 8 January 2026

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