Looking for past hurricane images?

isobar · #21 Postby **isobar** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:57 pm

What an awesome Christmas present! Thanks HurricaneBill.

Even though this is the Tropics Forum, man I've never seen a tail quite like the March 1993 Superstorm: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/1993/072/img-1993-03-13-09-met-3-ir.html

#22 Postby **Hurricanehink** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:32 pm

How about some Spain canes?

ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b ... -6-IR.jpg- This is an image of a hurricane just off the coast of Spain on October 6, 1997. It moved eastward, and made landfall on the Strait of Gibraltar on the 7th.

ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b ... -3-IR.jpg- This image shows a hurricane making landfall on southeast Spain!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterran ... _cyclones- This link (which I basically made) has more Mediterranean hurricanes.

#23 Postby **P.K.** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:46 am

About that link: The 1983 event looks like some sort of cut off low. The 1992 events I'm unable to find looking at polar orbiting images from the time.

Is this image really real? ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1992/265/Img-1992-09-21-15-MET-3-IR.jpg The time on the image doesn't exist.

I'm aware of the 1995 one though.

Astro_man92 · #24 Postby **Astro_man92** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:57 pm

P.K. wrote:About that link: The 1983 event looks like some sort of cut off low. The 1992 events I'm unable to find looking at polar orbiting images from the time.

Is this image really real? ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1992/265/Img-1992-09-21-15-MET-3-IR.jpg The time on the image doesn't exist.

I'm aware of the 1995 one though.

No I thinkj they got the line messed up. or that hurricane lookin think is extra tropical. Because aparetly Vince was the first hurricane to hit spane

#25 Postby **Hurricanehink** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:15 pm

Astro_man92 wrote:
P.K. wrote:About that link: The 1983 event looks like some sort of cut off low. The 1992 events I'm unable to find looking at polar orbiting images from the time.

Is this image really real? ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1992/265/Img-1992-09-21-15-MET-3-IR.jpg The time on the image doesn't exist.

I'm aware of the 1995 one though.

No I thinkj they got the line messed up. or that hurricane lookin think is extra tropical. Because aparetly Vince was the first hurricane to hit spane

The Meteosat-5 is off, but by using the Meteosat-3, you can see its history of the Spain cane of Sept. 1992.

It started as a frontal wave on the 16th- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/ ... -3-ir.html

Hit Morocco as a tropical storm on the 18th-http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/1992/262/img-1992-09-18-00-met-3-ir.html

Crossed through the Strait of Gibraltar on the 20th-
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b ... T-3-IR.jpg

Made landfall on Southeast Spain as a Hurricane on the 21st- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/ ... -3-ir.html

Moved offshore of Spain on the 22nd, with another Mediterranean tropical cyclone near Tunisia- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/ ... -3-ir.html

And dissipated on the 24th, with another Mediterranean Hurricane south of Italy!- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/ ... -3-ir.html

wxmann_91 · #26 Postby **wxmann_91** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:58 pm

...never mind...

Matt-hurricanewatcher · #27 Postby **Matt-hurricanewatcher** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:03 pm

May it was like Zeta or Vince in can form over cooler then normal waters? In has alot to do with temperature with the atmosphere. I say if it has a warm core in looks like that its a hurricane. Sorry I would die to defend something like that right to be called a hurricane.

I believe durning non-active Atlatnic years the med might get its own storms. Those are as much hurricanes then the South Atlantic hurricane.

#28 Postby **P.K.** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:16 pm

Hurricanehink wrote:Made landfall on Southeast Spain as a Hurricane on the 21st- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/ ... -3-ir.html

The reason I don't believe that image is based on this, taken just 10 minutes after that one, although other images around time also show nothing. :?:

Edit - I've taken the file down now.

wxmann_91 · #29 Postby **wxmann_91** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:20 pm

P.K. wrote:
Hurricanehink wrote:Made landfall on Southeast Spain as a Hurricane on the 21st- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/ ... -3-ir.html

The reason I don't believe that image is based on this, taken just 10 minutes after that one, although other images around time also show nothing.

You're right. The visible images tell the tale - this in fact is just a normal hurricane in the Central Atlantic. It's just that they did the landmass overlap wrong.

ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b ... T-3-VS.jpg

I had a feeling an eye couldn't exist if a hurricane had already made landfall. You can also see the extratropical low in that link you provided is in the top-right hand corner of the image.

wxmann_91 · #30 Postby **wxmann_91** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:22 pm

Hurricanehink wrote:
Astro_man92 wrote:
P.K. wrote:About that link: The 1983 event looks like some sort of cut off low. The 1992 events I'm unable to find looking at polar orbiting images from the time.

Is this image really real? ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1992/265/Img-1992-09-21-15-MET-3-IR.jpg The time on the image doesn't exist.

I'm aware of the 1995 one though.

No I thinkj they got the line messed up. or that hurricane lookin think is extra tropical. Because aparetly Vince was the first hurricane to hit spane

The Meteosat-5 is off, but by using the Meteosat-3, you can see its history of the Spain cane of Sept. 1992.

It started as a frontal wave on the 16th- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/ ... -3-ir.html

Hit Morocco as a tropical storm on the 18th-http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/1992/262/img-1992-09-18-00-met-3-ir.html

Crossed through the Strait of Gibraltar on the 20th-
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b ... T-3-IR.jpg

Made landfall on Southeast Spain as a Hurricane on the 21st- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/ ... -3-ir.html

Moved offshore of Spain on the 22nd, with another Mediterranean tropical cyclone near Tunisia- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/ ... -3-ir.html

And dissipated on the 24th, with another Mediterranean Hurricane south of Italy!- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/ ... -3-ir.html

As I stated above, all of these pics show a hurricane over Spain - these are all just normal Atlantic hurricanes - in fact, Bonnie and Charley of 1992.

#31 Postby **P.K.** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:38 pm

wxmann_91 wrote:
You're right. The visible images tell the tale - this in fact is just a normal hurricane in the Central Atlantic. It's just that they did the landmass overlap wrong.

Good, I thought I was going blind when I couldn't see this feature on any sat images or charts earlier. :lol:

#32 Postby **Hurricanehink** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:56 pm

Aww, I thought I found something, but you're right. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

Astro_man92 · #33 Postby **Astro_man92** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:10 am

wxmann_91 wrote:
P.K. wrote:
Hurricanehink wrote:Made landfall on Southeast Spain as a Hurricane on the 21st- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/gibbs/ ... -3-ir.html

The reason I don't believe that image is based on this, taken just 10 minutes after that one, although other images around time also show nothing.

You're right. The visible images tell the tale - this in fact is just a normal hurricane in the Central Atlantic. It's just that they did the landmass overlap wrong.

ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b ... T-3-VS.jpg

I had a feeling an eye couldn't exist if a hurricane had already made landfall. You can also see the extratropical low in that link you provided is in the top-right hand corner of the image.

HA HA no the line are WAY off if you look at WxMann's link you can see a clear US very near to the lines of what is surposed to be spain HA

EDIT: heh heh I guess i should have read a little further in the thread heh heh

whereverwx · #34 Postby **whereverwx** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:58 pm

Great find! Thank you for posting this!

I bet you can guess what this storm is! (click here)

Also, I knew Felix was huge but.... whoa! :eek:

He looks like a typhoon! :eek:

Click here for a small loop of Felix

Jim Cantore · #35 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:12 pm

I'm going to have a field day with this site

whereverwx · #36 Postby **whereverwx** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:58 pm

The hurricanes of 1995 were massive.

This is Hurricane Luis:

This is Hurricane Opal:

And this is Hurricane Juan from 1985... he was also huge:

Juan 01
Juan 02
Juan 03
Juan 04
Juan 05
Juan 06
Juan 07
Juan 08
Juan 09

HalloweenGale · #37 Postby **HalloweenGale** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:22 pm

What about the Christmas Sub-tropical thingy from 1994?

cheezyWXguy · #38 Postby **cheezyWXguy** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:25 pm

juan looks kinda cruddy, but Luis, WOW!

whereverwx · #39 Postby **whereverwx** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:36 pm

HalloweenGale wrote:What about the Christmas Sub-tropical thingy from 1994?

HurricaneHunter914 · #40 Postby **HurricaneHunter914** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:10 pm

I went on that site once and I got overwhelmed. If you need hurricane pics go to the new thread were you just ask for a huricane and the pic will be given to you.

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