Top hurricane sat photos of all time...

[Hurricane2022]

Old twitter posts about AI-VIS
 https://x.com/CyanideCN_/status/1779638579226157240

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Dorian (2019)


Sam (2021)


Ian (2022)


Franklin (2023)


Beryl (2024)

[Hurricane2022]

 https://x.com/Storm_Chaser_75/status/1827505285507735797

[Hypercane_Kyle]

Reading through this thread gave me a thought:

Going through history, at least on a pure mathematical average, the Atlantic produces a hurricane with a MSLP <900mb every 20 years or so. It's interesting that a) that metric has continued to be true throughout the 21st century and b) it's been nearly 20 years since the last time this happened.

To keep that shower thought somewhat on-topic, we're approaching the 20th anniversary of this monster ~ Hurricane Frances in 2004.

[SconnieCane]

Reading through this thread gave me a thought:

Going through history, at least on a pure mathematical average, the Atlantic produces a hurricane with a MSLP <900mb every 20 years or so. It's interesting that a) that metric has continued to be true throughout the 21st century and b) it's been nearly 20 years since the last time this happened.

To keep that shower thought somewhat on-topic, we're approaching the 20th anniversary of this monster ~ Hurricane Frances in 2004.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Frances_2004-08-31_1755Z.jpg/597px-Frances_2004-08-31_1755Z.jpg

Even though that appears to be the Wikipedia image, since Frances crawled ashore in Florida as a 90kt Cat. 2, I'd forgotten how high-end it was at peak.

[Category5Kaiju]

This image of Beryl as it attained Category 3 status isn't necessarily its most photogenic image, but this image really fascinates me because it basically marked the beginning of many records being made and many previous records falling. I don't know when (or even if) we're going to see another Beryl anytime soon, but that storm was definitely one of the most shocking I've ever tracked (like, up there with Irma and Dorian, in a sense).

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https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/66815b3784f8bb56ec4d05b4/Screen-Shot-2024-06-30-at-9-18-30-AM/960x0.png?format=png&width=960

This image of Beryl as it attained Category 3 status isn't necessarily its most photogenic image, but this image really fascinates me because it basically marked the beginning of many records being made and many previous records falling. I don't know when (or even if) we're going to see another Beryl anytime soon, but that storm was definitely one of the most shocking I've ever tracked (like, up there with Irma and Dorian, in a sense).

That band in front of Beryl reminds me of when Jova took off last year.

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https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/66815b3784f8bb56ec4d05b4/Screen-Shot-2024-06-30-at-9-18-30-AM/960x0.png?format=png&width=960

This image of Beryl as it attained Category 3 status isn't necessarily its most photogenic image, but this image really fascinates me because it basically marked the beginning of many records being made and many previous records falling. I don't know when (or even if) we're going to see another Beryl anytime soon, but that storm was definitely one of the most shocking I've ever tracked (like, up there with Irma and Dorian, in a sense).

That band in front of Beryl reminds me of when Jova took off last year.

[Category5Kaiju]

So I recently traveled out-of-town, and on my flight I met a man who casually mentioned how he went through Ivan in 2004. Then I realized, we're coming up on the 20th anniversary of this ferocious storm! With that, I decided to search for some pretty cool satellite images of that storm; Ivan was arguably one of the most insane Atlantic storms to ever happen, between its track boomeranging back into the Gulf and its status as the highest ACE-producing Atlantic storm in the satellite era.

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Hurricane Kirk (2024)

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Vis-Red + Mid-level Water Vapor



Day Snow/Fog RGB



Day Land/Cloud RGB



Vis-Red + Day Convection RGB



Blowing Snow RGB

[SconnieCane]

Gotta get some of Milton from late last night through now in here, don't we?

[KWT]

https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/66815b3784f8bb56ec4d05b4/Screen-Shot-2024-06-30-at-9-18-30-AM/960x0.png?format=png&width=960

This image of Beryl as it attained Category 3 status isn't necessarily its most photogenic image, but this image really fascinates me because it basically marked the beginning of many records being made and many previous records falling. I don't know when (or even if) we're going to see another Beryl anytime soon, but that storm was definitely one of the most shocking I've ever tracked (like, up there with Irma and Dorian, in a sense).

Less than two months later and I think we've got another contender...

[kevin]

Hurricane Milton

[HurricaneRyan]

Reading through this thread gave me a thought:

Going through history, at least on a pure mathematical average, the Atlantic produces a hurricane with a MSLP <900mb every 20 years or so. It's interesting that a) that metric has continued to be true throughout the 21st century and b) it's been nearly 20 years since the last time this happened.

To keep that shower thought somewhat on-topic, we're approaching the 20th anniversary of this monster ~ Hurricane Frances in 2004.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Frances_2004-08-31_1755Z.jpg/597px-Frances_2004-08-31_1755Z.jpg

And Milton broke the 19 year drought.

[Hurricane2022]

MAJOR HURRICANE MILTON (FOURTEEN-L) – October 7, 2024.

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Milton when it was near or at peak intensity:

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[kevin]

Hurricane Milton
October 8, 2024

This is just spectacular in every sense of the word. Satellite presentation is nearly as close to perfection as is physically possible.

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Visible


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Dvorak IR

[Category5Kaiju]

All hail Super Typhoon Milton...

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Imgur compressed the hell out of this unfortunately but I’ll still post it.