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GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) iimages [click to play MP4 animation]

After previously weakening from a Category 4 hurricane (on 04 September) to a tropical storm on 07 September (track/intensity), Florence re-intensified to become a Category 1 hurricane at 15 UTC on 09 September 2018. 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.63 µm) are shown above, with the corresponding “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images shown below. An eye structure appeared for brief intervals during the day, but was often masked by cloud debris from a series of convective bursts within the surrounding eyewall.

GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images [click to play MP4 animation]

GPM GMI Microwave (85 GHz) image at 1811 UTC [click to enlarge]

GPM GMI (above) and DMSP-16 SSMIS (below) Microwave (85 GHz) images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site revealed that the eye was still partially open at 1811 UTC and 1945 UTC.

DMSP-16 SSMIS Microwave (85 GHz) image at 1845 UTC [click to enlarge]

from CIMSS Satellite Blog http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/29718