Hurricane Francine has been producing deep convection (shown by cold cloud tops) near its center the past few hours, indicating a more organized core, captured by 1-minute GOES-East meso sector imagery.

I thoroughly enjoyed my first visit to the National Weather Center and the School of Meteorology! Thanks again for hosting me, and I hope I can return soon.

Watch a burst of deep convection near Francine's center generate a ripple effect in cloud-top temperatures as shown by 1-minute GOES-East infrared (Band 13) images. The hurricane has strengthened overnight and may continue to do so until shear + dry air increase near the coast.

Unusual FlightAware view today.

Photo taken 9/10/24 The Bridge Fire in the Angeles National Forest exploded to ~47k acres with 0% containment. The fire was quite visible last night from behind the Los Angeles skyline photographed the Baldwin Hills area. A sad reality of fire season in LA.

As Alex Boreham and Deelan Jariwala noted, some vigorous convection recently rotating upshear in Francine. Notice the inner core lightning associated with this upshear convection as well. May be a last gasp, but studies have found upshear lightning more common in strengthening storms.

If you've seen comments about deep convection recently rotating upshear in Francine, this geometry is what they're referencing. (Think "downshear" like "downwind.") Black arrow = shear direction. Blue arrow = direction of convection rotating upshear. Product courtesy of CIMSS.

Landing in Las Vegas and the ground is barely visible through the wildfire smoke.

Northern eyewall of Cat. 2 #Hurricane #Francine impacting Morgan City, LA now. Live coverage on The The Weather Channel continues with myself and Jim Cantore in Morgan City and other teams spread across the area.

Francine makes me want to focus on research SO badly, yet I have a million other things on my plate that I need to tackle instead (someone please help me say no more often).

5pm CDT Sep 11th -- #Francine has made landfall in southern Louisiana in the Parish of Terrebonne, about 30 miles south-southwest of Morgan City, as a Category 2 hurricane. Maximum sustained winds are estimated to be near 100 mph (155 km/h). TCU: hurricanes.gov/#Francine

Evolution of Francine today from sunrise through landfall in southern Louisiana. Estimated (over water) intensity at landfall was 100 mph, which is a category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.

Almost all of Houma, Thibodaux and surrounding communities are without power. #francine

Good morning! It's a beautiful new day 😎 #BackThePac

I would like to thank my past self for documenting the steps needed for maintaining SSL certificates because THEY WORKED. (If you recently encountered a browser warning when accessing my webpage, that should be gone now!)

A look at the estimated accumulating rainfall for the 24 hours ending 7 am CDT, Sep. 12, 2024 from #HurricaneFrancine. #LAwx

The NHC Public Advisory, Tropical Cyclone Discussion, including Key Messages on Tropical Depression Nine-E are also available in Spanish at hurricanes.gov. A graphic showing rainfall potential is also available at: nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphi…

Comparing current vegetation over Africa with a year ago ... Recent unusual rain over the southern Sahara Desert has resulted in a noticeable change in greenery.

If I could summarize what it's like to work with observations in one gif, I might have to pick this one. Thanks, ASCAT.

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