Top hurricane sat photos of all time...

[kevin]

IR imagery of hurricane Melissa at 02:55z, October 28 2025. With a CI# and final T# of 8.5 and a raw T# of 8.6 (by UW-CIMSS Automated Satellite-Based Advanced Dvorak Technique), this is quite possibly the most impressive IR image of a tropical cyclone ever captured in the Atlantic.

[sasha_B]

IR imagery of hurricane Melissa at 02:55z, October 28 2025. With a CI# and final T# of 8.5 and a raw T# of 8.6 (by UW-CIMSS Automated Satellite-Based Advanced Dvorak Technique), this is quite possibly the most impressive IR image of a tropical cyclone ever captured in the Atlantic.

https://i.imgur.com/geRujY8.jpeg

I may try to track down versions of this frame with other color maps / zooms / GOES bands at some point. Though recon data indicate that Melissa had not yet reached her peak at the time, and it's well past local sunset so there's no VIS imagery, it's an absolutely historic hurricane satellite photo; no storm globally had attained such numbers from ADT before (at least not the raw T8.6; I know Haiyan made CI 8.5).. Just as worth preserving in this thread as the various photos/loops of Melissa's landfall that have already been added, IMO.

[Category5Kaiju]

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Peak season's quite tame
But October won't be the same

[Hurricane2022]

Major Hurricane 13L (Melissa) - 2025.










Source: Wikimedia Commons.

[Hurricane2022]

 https://x.com/CIRA_CSU/status/1991920729047376225

[Hurricane2000]

Hurricane Patricia 2015 in RGB

[WaveBreaking]

Hurricane Humberto (rendered this myself using mcidas v)

[Category5Kaiju]

 https://x.com/CIRA_CSU/status/1991920729047376225

Worth noting that Idalia, Lee, and Humberto aren't depicted at their peak intensity because if so, they would be completely covered by Helene/Ian, Teddy, and Fiona respectively.

Also worth noting that I do believe that if 2019 was added, peak Dorian and peak Lorenzo would fit perfectly into the image.

Edit: just realized that Humberto is actually depicted after its peak intensity; I feel like its peak could've been, theoretically, depicted without really getting in Erin or Lee's way considering this happened just north of where Erin achieved its peak.