(Former Meteorologist & CFHC Forum Moderator (Ed Passed Away on May 14, 2017))

Tue Aug 25 2009 02:45 PM

Re: The Tale of 2 Cyclones - Appearances Can Be Deceiving!

With Hilda, the deep convection (bright red) is a lot closer to the center than with Ignatio, however, its not really a fair assessment since the IR image on one system is timestamped at 05Z whereas the other system image is for 1130Z.
Cheers,
ED

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