Cyclonic storm over Western Europe and sand storm over Northern Algeria

Cyclonic storm over Western Europe and sand storm over Northern Algeria (31 October 2003)

One of the strongest points of MSG, having many IR window channels, is its capacity to observe fundamental properties of clouds and to help the forecaster draw conclusions on cloud processes like precipitation type (drizzle, rain, showers, virga) and severe weather phenomena (thunderstorm, hail). This case shows a cyclonic storm over Western Europe where features like multi-layer clouds, thunderstorms, light rain showers, frontal bands with rain, orographic clouds and thin Cirrocumulus can be identified.



Met-8, 31 October 2003, 11:30 UTC RGB Composite VIS0.8, IR3.9r, IR10.8 Full Resolution (289 KB) Animation (11:15-12:15 UTC, AVI, 5143 KB) Cloud Analysis (166 KB)	Met-8, 31 October 2003, 11:30 UTC RGB Composite IR12.0-IR10.8, IR10.8-IR8.7, IR10.8 Full Resolution (320 KB) Animation (11:15-12:15 UTC, AVI, 5143 KB)

Met-8, 31 October 2003, 11:30 UTC Difference Image IR3.9 - IR10.8 Full Resolution (206 KB)	Met-8, 31 October 2003, 11:30 UTC Difference Image IR12.0 - IR10.8 Full Resolution (321 KB)