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Floods caused by Idai when it made landfall. Thousands of dollars was lost in property and lives were lost .

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Central Africa natural image RGB of Cyclone Freddy 

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Central Africa natural image RGB of Cyclone Freddy 

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Cyclone Freddy is a record breaking cyclone in term of number of days. it lasted more than 35 days from start to death. it affected Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. April 2023

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Airmass  RGB Satellite Imagery captured on 01062024 @ 1545 UTC over Ghana.

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Airmass  RGB Satellite Imagery captured on 01062024 @ 1545 UTC over Ghana.

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The satellite imagery captured shows a deep moisture system over southern Ghana. This convective system has the potential to produce thunderstorms and rain for the Middle belt from late afternoon into the evening. Moreover, another system is found in the Gulf of Guinea which may induce cloudy conditions along the east coast and probably cause some rains if other meteorological factors are favourable.

By: Prince Owusu Koduah

Ghana Meteorological Agency,

Accra - Ghana.

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Airmass RGB Satellite Imagery captured on 31/05/2024 at 10:45 UTC

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Airmass RGB Satellite Imagery captured on 31/05/2024 at 10:45 UTC

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The satellite image above shows a deep moisture system around the southern parts of Togo and Benin gradually propagating into Ghana. This corresponds with a convective system seen around that area. This system is expected to produce thunderstorm with or without rain along the southern parts of Ghana as the day progresses.

By: Vicky Dwira

Accra, Ghana.

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The image displayed is a convection RGB over Ghana.

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The image displayed is a convection RGB over Ghana.

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NATURAL COLOUR RGB - MSG 30052024 1530 UTC

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An image captured on May 30, 2024 1530 UTC showing matured systems of thunderstorms and rain of varying intensities accompanied by strong winds propagating from the coast of Nigeria through to the marine space of Ghana.

Similar systems from the North of Benin is also moving and is expected to expand and produce thunderstorms and moderate to heavy rains across the entire nation, Ghana.

By Florence Agbekey

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CONVECTION RGB, SATURDAY 25TH MAY,2024(GHANA)

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CONVECTION RGB, SATURDAY 25TH MAY,2024(GHANA)

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This Satellite image was captured at 09UTC.

In the early hours of Saturday, 25th May, 2024, an active storm engulf the eastern flank of the entire country , this storm propagated further westwards inducing cloudiness and producing heavy rains with thundery and lightning activities across from the north to the coastline of the entire country. Initially the storm delay in reaching the country due to a high pressure system between Benin and Togo, When the pressures reduces coupled with favourable windy conditions, the storm finally pushed through to produce the thundery activities with heavy rains.

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Tropical cyclone Hidaya that happened in Indian ocean on 3rd MAY 2024 0915UTC

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I'm Rukia Taha Rajab. From Zanzibar.

This video was taken from zoom.com. IR channel, 05/11/2023, at around 1100 UTC.

Showing very cold stratiform cloud embedded with very cold top comulonimbus cloud covering Unguja Island from east. This caused heavy rain about 93mm within 3 hours.

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CONVECTION RGB OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN COAST IN TANZANIA

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CONVECTION RGB OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN COAST IN TANZANIA

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An image captured on 2024 May 03 at 10.00 UTC showing thick convective clouds along the coast of Tanzania with a clear curl at Indian ocean during the Hidaya Tropical storm which brought heavy precipitation and strong winds along the coastal areas particularly southern coast of Tanzania.

By FREDY E. MHENZI

Meteorological Instructor

NMTC

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The image above is a Convection RGB of EUMETSAT showing convective activities of Ghana marine space captured on 29/05/2024 @ 1348Z.

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Thunderstorms over the coast of Cote d'Ivoire as seen on the 28th of April 2023 at 0930 UTC.

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Thunderstorms over Nigeria and the coastline of Togo gradually approaching the southern part of Ghana as observed on the 29th of May 2023 at 0900 UTC.

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An image captured 2024/05/29 0645 UTC Showing convection activities over the Indian Ocean.

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This picture snipped from satellite image of high rate SEVIRI IR10.8 um of 22 May 2024 of 0745 UTC. Showing the deep convective cloud over the western Indian ocean caused by tropical cyclone IALY. Dark Cyan color indicate the deep convective cloud with coldest top.

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DAY MICROPHYSICS RGB, MONDAY, 13TH MAY @ 13UTC. EMPHASIS ON GHANA.

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DAY MICROPHYSICS RGB, 13TH MAY, 2024. EMPHASIS ON GHANA

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DAY MICROPHYSICS RGB, 13TH MAY, 2024. EMPHASIS ON GHANA

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In the early hours of Monday, 13th May, 2024, an active storm that had formed over the coast of Ghana began to propagate northwards to produce rain with thundery activities over Southern Ghana, mostly. Initially, the rainstorm delayed in producing rain even though it had made its way into the extreme portions of southern Ghana but due to high pressures, cloudiness was rather induced until later when the pressures dropped significantly, together with favourable wind conditions, the storm was finally able to produce rain with thunderstorms.

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SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE "hidaya" which happens early on this month over the Southern Coast Of Tanzania region were persisted for almost 5 days which leads to periods of strong winds as well as heavy precipitation over the most parts of the Tanzania Coast.  By Rehema Dilunga, TANZANIA.                                

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SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE "HIDAYA" 03rd May 2024 0945UTC.

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SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE "HIDAYA" 03rd May 2024 0945UTC.

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A rainstorm engulfed Ghana and produced moderate to heavy thunderstorms and rain over most places of Ghana on Saturday 25/05/2024.

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Convection RGB - MSG 0 degree over Ghana on 28th May 2024 at 0857 by Barbara Aboagye

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Convection RGB - MSG 0 degree over Ghana on 28th May 2024 at 0857 by Barbara Aboagye

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Generally, no convective clouds over Ghana, but severe convection over the coastlines of Nigeria and Cameroon, which is propagating westward.

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High Rate SEVIRI IR10.8 μm Image - MSG - 0 degree showing Tropical Cyclone IALY on 20/05/2024 at 2330UTC

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High Rate SEVIRI IR10.8 μm Image - MSG - 0 degree showing Tropical Cyclone IALY on 20/05/2024 at 2330UTC

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The satellite imagery above is a High Rate SEVIRI IR10.8 μm Image - MSG - 0 degree capturing the rapidly progress of the rotating bands storm of a Tropical Cyclone IALY (moderate tropical cyclone) with curl brighter bands in the Indian Ocean east of our country's coast (northern coast of Tanzania) taken on May 20th ,2024 at 2330 UTC which develop more strong winds on entire coast and later on progress to the northern coast of Mombasa

By: BUSARA TITU

TANZANIA METEOROLOGICAL AUTHORITIES, TMA

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Visible satellite imagery captured at 1:54am by Tapiwa Khutakumutu. The image is mostly dark as no light is reflected at night.

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Severe convective storms at the borders of Ghana and Togo. 2024-05-27, 20:00:00 UTC by EUMETSAT.

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Night Microphysics RGB=fog/low cloud RGB.

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Night Microphysics RGB=fog/low cloud RGB.

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Fog or low clouds over KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and Mpumalanga on the 27th May 2024 @19:45 UCT by Wisani Maluleke, South Africa.

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proved that convection RGB is not observed in the night. Here we have the evolution of the thunderstorms from 03:00PM to 07:15PM, the 27th may 2024, by GUEMDJOE TAKAM Merveille

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proved that convection RGB is not observed in the night. Here we have the evolution of the thunderstorms from 03:00PM to 07:15PM, the 27th may 2024, by GUEMDJOE TAKAM Merveille

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Convection RGB over Cameroon the 27th may 2024, at 03:15PM, by GUEMDJOE TAKAM Merveille from Cameroon

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Convection RGB over Cameroon the 27th may 2024, at 03:15PM, by GUEMDJOE TAKAM Merveille from Cameroon

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Convection RGB over Ghana by Barbara Aboagye at 1350 on 27th May, 2024.

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Convection RGB over Ghana by Barbara Aboagye at 1350 on 27th May, 2024.

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Generally, no convective clouds over the entire country, except for a part of the eastern north that shows developing convective clouds.

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GUEMDJOE TAKAM Merveille                                                                Thunderstorms in the northern part of Cameroon, observed by the satellite MSG-0, via Convective RGB channel, the 7th may at 3:45 PM 

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GUEMDJOE TAKAM Merveille                                                                Thunderstorms in the northern part of Cameroon, observed by the satellite MSG-0, via Convective RGB channel, the 7th may at 3:45 PM 

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DUST RAISE AS A CONSEQUENCE BETWEEN TROPICAL AND EXTRA TROPICAL INTERACTION BY ABDOU ADAM ABDOUL AZIZ ABEBE

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DUST RAISE AS A CONSEQUENCE BETWEEN TROPICAL AND EXTRA TROPICAL INTERACTION BY ABDOU ADAM ABDOUL AZIZ ABEBE

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USE OF SATELLITE IMAGERY IN DETECTING DUST AS A CONSEQUENCE BETWEEN TROPICAL AND EXTRA-TROPICAL PHENOMENON.

THE SATELLITE IMAGE SHOW PROPAGATION OF COLD FRONT WITH A CUT OFF LOW AND DUST RISE BETWEEN ALGERIA/MALI AND MAURITANIA.

usefull and important informations for General Public and Aviation.

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image for day microphysics showing the tropical cyclone frpm indian ocean

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Image captured on 25/05/2024 at 15:45 hours over Democratic republic of Congo indicating thundering and storm with lightning activities threatening flash floods and heavy falls, community to take precaution on lightening and cloud down drafts posing danger to aviation safety. By sinachikupo Kenneth - Zambia

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EUMETSAT- CONVECTION RGB - MSG - 0 DEGREE CAPTURED ON 25/05/2024 AT 0745UTC

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The image shows an active thunderstorm sweeping over areas especially Ghana with more active cells with yellowish coloration and weakening cells being reddish in color.

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Severe dust/ Sandstorm over Regions of Namibia and Southern Angola

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Severe dust/ Sandstorm over Regions of Namibia and Southern Angola

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Using Dust RGB, at 11-July-2023-14:30 UTC. The Image clearly capturing the intensity of a dust storm over regions of Namibia and Southern Angola, the purple to bright pink shows dust blown over the Atlantic for distances up to 500KM (use scale on Map lower right corner), the bright pink over land in Northen Namibia showing dust raised at the Etosha national park. This phenomenon was fuelled by Berg wind Conditions where strong dry east winds raise dust as it blows over the dry Namib Desert. This is also clearly visible on Natural Colour RGB.

This Berg wind conditions lasted for more than a week and required coastal municipalities to use sand moving machines to clear roads of sand.

Brian Anderson

Walvis Bay

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This  image shows the transport of dust strom in the south of Algeria,  from the southwest, north Sahara towards the oases regions and Libya moved and extended to the south of Europe. in this RGB dust image we see it clearly with the pink color ,  the visibility reaching below 1000 meters in the south of Algeria.                                                                                                                                       Djebbar Brahim.

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Dust RGB on March 27  at 12:15 UTC over south of Algeria

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Dust RGB on March 27  at 12:15 UTC over south of Algeria

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Day Natural Colours RGB depicting sand/dust storm(s) and snow on 11 July 2023 at 0745Z.

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Sand/dust storm(s) and snow over Southern Africa

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Sand/dust storm(s) and snow over Southern Africa

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This Day Natural Colours RBG depicts widespread dust being blown off the Namib Desert (nice contrast between the dark ocean, dust/sand and land). The storms were a result of dry and windy conditions caused by a tight pressure gradient and offshore conditions.

Moreover, snowfall (which follows the shape of the topography) can be seen along the Sneeuberg, Winterberg and Drakensberg mountains. This was due to the passage of an intense cold front which was associated with a strong pressure ridge and an upper-air trough.

Nompumelelo Kleinbooi

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The satellite image depicts a dust storm occurring in the southwest part of Algeria, which commenced on May 19, 2024, at 1900 UTC. The dust is observed to be moving in an eastward direction, driven by prevailing winds. By 2300 UTC on the same day, the dust storm dissipates. Ground observers in the town Bechar reported severely reduced visibility, with visibility dropping to less than 100 meters due to the dense dust.

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The image is showing severe convective storm over the eastern and central parts of the Gambia with strong updraft moving towards the western part of the country on the 16th of June, 2023 at 06oo hrs. Heavy rain and thunderstorm will be covering most parts of the eastern sector.

BY HAWA F. JAMMEH

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EUMETSAT - Convection RGB -MSG- 0 degree - 23/05/24 - 13h00UTC

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Severe convection clouds over centrale Africa region

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Severe convection clouds over centrale Africa region

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Image showing areas of active thunderstorms with strong updrafts in colors ranging from red (less intense convection) to yellow (most intense convection) mostly to a large extent in centrale Africa region

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Meteosat 0 degree Convection Central Africa _ 23-05-24 13hUTC

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Day Microphysics Satellite Image captured at 21/05/2024 0745 UTC

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Day Microphysics Satellite Image captured at 21/05/2024 0745 UTC

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This is a day microphysics satellite imagery that captured a convective storm over the coastal area of Tanzania on 21st May 2025 at 0745 UTC. The storm called IALY has been developing over the ocean since 19th and has been propagating northwards from Madagascar towards the coastal area of Tanzania and Kenya. The low-pressure system has resulted in heavy storms in the coastal region which is shown by the deep red to bright orange color. With the deep convective systems in the area there have been strong winds and thunderstorms that has resulted in floods and strong winds exceeding 50km/hr in some coastal regions of Tanzania such as Dar es salaam, Mtwara, Lindi, Pwani, Unguja and Pemba isles

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Airmass RGB Imagery on28/3/2024 at 10:00 utc

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Airmass RGB Imagery on28/3/2024 at 10:00 utc

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this image shows athunderstorms over Egypt start on 28 March 2024 and lasted for 6 hours

Manal Mohamed

Egypt

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The above satellite image of tropical cyclone Filipo at decaying stage, with yellow to red colour in a convective RGB shows a decaying  tropical storm.Rapid developing thunderstorm and IR10.8,SEVIR Blended channels shows and average temperature of -60.5 degrees Celsius at a duration of 345 minutes.Report from the National Institute for disaster in Mozambique, reports tha Maputo 100 to 300mm of heavy rain that time and about 11 149 families were affected(www.unocha.org ) report between 23rd and 24th.Eswatini state news(Eswatini Observer) reported the eastern part of Eswatini was affected in the Lubombo region classes were cancelled due to  ontime early warning, schools wear flooded with water and classes demolished.

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Tropical cyclone Filipo at decaying stage to a tropical storm on the 24th March 2024 covering South Mozambique and East Eswatini @1415UTC, captured through convective RGB

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Tropical cyclone Filipo at decaying stage to a tropical storm on the 24th March 2024 covering South Mozambique and East Eswatini @1415UTC, captured through convective RGB

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Dust RGB depicting a dust storm in the northern part of Cameroon on 19/03/2024 at 1000 UTC

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Dust RGB depicting a dust storm in the northern part of Cameroon on 19/03/2024 at 1000 UTC

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The satellite image shows a dust storm occurring in the northern part of Cameroon which began on 18 April 2024 at 0800UTC, intensified on 19 April 2024 and lasted for a supplementary 24 hours. The observers on site reported that visibility was reduced to less than 500m and 700m in the towns of Garoua and Ngaoundere respectively.

Ashu Vanessa

Department of National Meteorology Cameroon

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Low cloud over south-eastern Zimbabwe 21/05/2024 @1000 UTC

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Low cloud over south-eastern Zimbabwe 21/05/2024 @1000 UTC

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The Image shows low cloud entering into Zimbabwe due to a high pressure system over the south east coasts of South Africa

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Airmass RGB Imagery captured on 21/05/2024 at 18:00 utc

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Airmass RGB Imagery captured on 21/05/2024 at 18:00 utc

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The imagery above shows the convective cloud systems found in a portion of West Africa. The appearance of the clouds being cellular, bright and rounded shows a convective cloud with thunderstorm.

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Convection RGB satellite image captured 20 February @ 14h45 UTC

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Convection RGB satellite image captured 20 February @ 14h45 UTC

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Convective activity was observed over the central and northern areas of Namibia, where thunderstorms occurred as a result of a dominant low pressure system. The bright orange and red colours are indicators of deep convection and heavy thunderstorm activity.

Albertina Anderson

Namibia

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Satellite image over the Gulf of Guinea region (Coast of Ghana) captured on the 21st of May, 2024

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Satellite image over the Gulf of Guinea region (Coast of Ghana) captured on the 21st of May, 2024

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This severe convective RGB image shows storm clouds over the Gulf of Guinea region which is likely to result in dangerous waves and tides on the ocean and along the coastline.

Josephine Kwao

Ghana Meteorological Agency

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Dust RGB observed on December 19th at 15:30 UTC showing the transport of dust from Mauritania to Cabo Verde, visibility reaching below 1km.

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The deep orange color shows the areas of deep convective clouds with ice particles

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The satellite imagery shows convective storms over southern Ghana.

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Satellite Imagery over Ghana on 16/05/2024

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Satellite Imagery over Ghana on 16/05/2024

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This is a Convention RGB showing clear convective happening in the Golf of Guinea

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CONVECTION RGB SATELLITE IMAGE CAPTURED ON 18/05/25 AT 8:45 UTC

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CONVECTION RGB SATELLITE IMAGE CAPTURED ON 18/05/25 AT 8:45 UTC

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The satellite imagery above captures a rapidly developing thunderstorm observed over the eastern coast of Ghana on the 18th of May, 2024 at 8:45 UTC. The storm was first observed over the ocean which later moved inland to produce rains of varying intensities over the east coast and inland areas. This lead to flood over some areas in the coast.

By: Esther Addo

From: Ghana

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The image above is Dust RGB captured on 13/05/2024 at 1230 UTC

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This product(DUST RGB) is used to detects clouds at any level during the day or night including information about dust ,cloud height and thickness. On the 13 of May 2024 at 0630UTC there was a storm approaching the southern part of Ghana, due to high pressure and winds going against the storm ,the storm fizzled for some and at 1230UTC the pressure dropped in other words we had low pressure supporting the system , the storm gave some rains of varying

intensities across the southern part of the country .

This led to most parts of the country experiencing flood cases.

At the extreme part of the upper east region, the yellow mixed with red color cloud indicates a Medium cloud which also led to partly cloudy over those areas.

BY: Joyce Ama Johnson

Accra, Ghana.

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High Rate SEVIRI IR10.8 um with Blended SEVIRI?LEO MW Precipitation and morphologic information image - MSG 0 degree 16-05-2024 @ 1815UTC

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High Rate SEVIRI IR10.8 um with Blended SEVIRI?LEO MW Precipitation and morphologic information image - MSG 0 degree 16-05-2024 @ 1815UTC

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The satellite above shows rainstorm observed in most part of Ghana and in Togo and Benin. Deep convective clouds can be observed as intense from the areas of high reflectivity, which indicates area of dense convective clouds. These areas experienced heavy rains which led to flash floods over low lying areas.

By: David Tetteh

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Day Microphysics Satellite Image captured at 0745 UTC

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Day Microphysics Satellite Image captured at 0745 UTC

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This is a day microphysics satellite imagery that captured a convective storm over the coastal area of Kenya on 21st May 2025 at 0745 UTC. The storm has been developing over the ocean since 19th and has been propagating northwards from Madagascar and Tanzania. The low-pressure system has resulted in heavy storms in the coastal region which is shown by the deep red to bright orange color. With the deep convective systems in the area there have been strong winds and thunderstorms that has resulted in flash floods.

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The natural color RGB for 27 May 2023 10:45 UTC showed the cyan color for the cold thick cloud contains more ice this is Cb cloud formed due to instability results from the presence of surface low pressure and upper air trough also there is high convective available potential energy

Hanan Mohamed

Egypt

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The image above is Convection RGB captured on 16/05/2024 AT 1400UTC

Showing convective cloud which developed from

Nigeria and propagated through Benin and Togo into

Ghana which resulted in thunderstorm and strong winds across the coastal ,middle and part of the transition of Ghana resulting in flood activities including some areas along the coast.

Thomas Nsiah Acheampong(Ghana)

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Dust raised over the middle and Northern sectors of Ghana.

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SEVERE CONVECTION RGB DEPICTING A WEATHER EVENT IN GHANA ON MAY 01, 2024 @1130UTC

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SEVERE CONVECTION RGB DEPICTING A WEATHER EVENT IN GHANA ON MAY 01, 2024 @1130UTC

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The satellite image above depicts a moderate to heavy rainstorm observed over the coastline areas of Ghana on the 1st of May, 2024. The storm was first observed over the southern portions of Benin and Togo (@0245UTC) which later propagated into the country to produce thunderstorms and rain with varying intensities over the coastline and some inland areas.

BY: Kezia Apperkon,

Ghana Meteorological Agency.

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CONVECTION RGB SATELLITE IMAGE CAPTURED ALONG THE COAST OF GHANA ON 10TH MAY 2024

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This convection RGB satellite imagery captures an active convective storm that propagated from southern Togo in the early hours of the day (0645 UTC) to the coastal region of Ghana at 1100 UTC. This active storm produced rainfall of varying intensities across the coast of Ghana and its in-land areas on the 10th of May,2024.

By: Albert Cobbinah

(Ghana Meteorological Agency)

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SEVERE CONVECTIVE RGB ON GHANA AT 16TH MAY 1615 UTC

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SEVERE CONVECTIVE RGB ON GHANA AT 16TH MAY 1615 UTC

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A convective system was observed over Togo, Benin, Nigerian and eventually entered Ghana. The system was accompanied by moderate winds and thunderstorms with rains of varying intensities. The heavy rains cause flash floods and destroyed so many properties.

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Severe convection RGB imagery over Ghana on 16/05/2024 at  1530UTC

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Severe convection RGB imagery over Ghana on 16/05/2024 at  1530UTC

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The convective RGB satellite imagery above displays an active convective system(the yellowish portions) that developed from Nigeria which propagated through Benin and Togo and invaded the middle east and the coastal sectors of Ghana and gradually engulfed the entire middle and transition portions of the country which induced convective activities like heavy rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm and strong winds over the affected areas. This resulted in flood activities in some cities along the coast.

By: Mary Ampiah

Accra, Ghana.

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Convection RGB showing the development of convective cloud at southern part of Guinea 20th at 17: 15

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Convection RGB showing the development of convective cloud at southern part of Guinea 20th at 17: 15

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AIRMASS RGB SHOWING TROPICAL CYCLONE IALY CAPTURED ON 20/05/2024 AT 1345UTC

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AIRMASS RGB SHOWING TROPICAL CYCLONE IALY CAPTURED ON 20/05/2024 AT 1345UTC

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The satellite image shows Tropical Cyclone 'IALY' over the Indian Ocean. The cyclone is weakening as it heads northward away from the Tanzanian coastline. However, a period of strong winds reaching 50 km/h have been reported over Tanzanian coastal stations, including Unguja, Pemba, and Mtwara.

By: Aisha Nassor, Tanzania

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This EUMET severe convection RGB - MSG - 0-degree Satellite product taken on May 19th 12:00 UTC. It depicted the incoming severe convection from red sea to Ethiopia and outgoing severe convection to South Sudan. The bright yellow color around Dire Dawa Ethiopia indicates severe convection storm. This image is taken and interpreted by Mohammed Kedir, Lecturer of Meteorology and Hydrology department at Wollega University Ethiopia.  

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This EUMET severe convection RGB - MSG - 0-degree Satellite product taken on May 19th 12:00 UTC. It depicted the incoming severe convection from red sea to Ethiopia and outgoing severe convection to South Sudan. The bright yellow color around Dire Dawa Ethiopia indicates severe convection storm. This image is taken and interpreted by Mohammed Kedir, Lecturer of Meteorology and Hydrology department at Wollega University Ethiopia.  

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The satellite above is depicting a rainstorm that affected the coastline and the marine space as well as the forest zones of Ghana. The areas of high reflectivity indicates area of dense convective clouds where deep convective activities were intense. These areas were affected with torrential rains which led to flooding in low elevated areas.

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The Convection RGB image which was taken at 12:30 UTC on 16th May 2024 shows a convective cloud which tracked westward from Nigeria into Ghana.

Upon entry into Ghana, it produced rainfall of varying intensities over most parts of the country.

By: Henry Okunko Palm

(Ghana Meteorological Agency)

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This image shows an active storm propagating from the coast of Liberia deep into the ocean. This image was recorded on May 19, 2024, at 18:00 UTC. As the storm leaves the coast of Liberia, it dissipates. However, before leaving the coast, there was a downpour of rain along the coast (South) of the country.

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Bright Yellow Cloud and Overshooting Cumulonimbus Cloud in Southeastern and Eastern Regions

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this image show dust over Mali in 17 may of 2024 , the dust appear as pink color

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This image shows a dust storm over Libya and Northwest part of Egypt began on 23 April 2024 at 0800 UTC, moved and extended to south of Europe over Greece and Bulgaria, where very dark magenta indicate to thick dust storm.

Noha mohamed

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Satellite Image of Convection RGB taken on 5th May 2024 at 08:30 UTC, showing areas of active thunderstorms (the entire coast of Tanzania). This was the time when the Tropical Cyclone Hidaya has just lost its strength following its landfall at Mafia Island.          Mustafa Mwinjuma,                           Dar es Salaam - Tanzania.

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Satellite Image of Convection RGB taken on 5th May 2024 at 08:30 UTC, showing areas of active thunderstorms (the entire coast of Tanzania). This was the time when the Tropical Cyclone Hidaya has just lost its strength following its landfall at Mafia Island.          Mustafa Mwinjuma,                           Dar es Salaam - Tanzania.

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Severe convective RGB Satellite imagery showing convective cloud in west part of Tanzania on 29/12/2023

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Severe convective RGB Satellite imagery showing convective cloud in west part of Tanzania on 29/12/2023

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This image was captured in december 9 of 2023, showing the areas of most convective intense. The convective clouds in west part of Tanzania caused heavy rainfall that was recoded reaching 86mm of rainfall.

By:Cosmas Sunzu

Kigoma, Tanzania

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SEVERE CONVECTION RGB IMAGERY SHOWING ACTIVE CONVECTIONS OVER SOME AREAS IN TANZANIA AND ITS COAST

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SEVERE CONVECTION RGB IMAGERY SHOWING ACTIVE CONVECTIONS OVER SOME AREAS IN TANZANIA AND ITS COAST

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The above image is Severe Convection RGB product taken on 25th April 2024 at 1130 UTC where it shows a number of active convections (areas with yellow color) over some areas in Tanzania but mostly dominated the Indian ocean and its coast, Southwestern highlands and the west of Lake Victoria in Tanzania, the rest of the country is having some scattered active convections. The active convections signifies the presence of mature thunderstorms in the mentioned areas which led to rainfall activities.

Thanks,
Ms. Vaileth Jonas Masaba
Climatology and Climate Change department
Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA)

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1. Cloud Cover and Precipitation:

Northern Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya: There are significant patches of red and orange colors, particularly in northern Algeria and Tunisia. This suggests dense cloud cover, potentially with precipitation. The intensity and spread indicate active weather systems in these areas.

Eastern Libya and Western Egypt: A smaller patch of orange and red colors is observed, indicating cloud cover and possible precipitation or storm activity in these regions.

2. Clear Skies and Dry Conditions:

Central Algeria and Niger: Predominantly blue and purple hues dominate these regions, indicative of clear skies and dry conditions typical of the Sahara Desert.

Southern Algeria and Northern Mali/Niger: These areas also show clear skies, but with some red patches suggesting isolated cloud formations.

3. Geographical Features:

The outlined borders help in identifying specific countries. For example, the image clearly shows Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Niger, and parts of surrounding countries.

4. Weather Systems:

The red and orange patches in northern regions might indicate the influence of a frontal system or a low-pressure area, common in spring when Mediterranean weather patterns can bring rain and storms to North Africa.

5. Temperature and Moisture Content:

The false-color representation suggests varying temperatures and moisture content. Red and orange typically signify higher temperatures or lower clouds (potentially warmer), while blue and purple indicate cooler temperatures or higher clouds (potentially colder and drier).

6. Temporal Context:

The timeline at the bottom of the image, marked with dates, suggests this is a snapshot from a particular point in a time series. The highlighted section around the 17th could indicate the date of this specific capture, useful for tracking weather changes over days.

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NATURAL COLOR RGB OVER GHANA ON 16 MAY 2024 AT 1500 UTC

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NATURAL COLOR RGB OVER GHANA ON 16 MAY 2024 AT 1500 UTC

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The satellite imagery shows variably thick ice clouds over southern Ghana (cyan colour) and some water clouds over northern Ghana. These thick ice clouds migrated from Nigeria thru Benin, Togo and finally into Ghana and resulted in heavy rainfall and thunder accompanied with moderate to strong winds across the southern half of Ghana (the coast to the transition belt were affected). The rainstorm lasted from afternoon into late evening which resulted in flash floods over some areas within the capital city rendering some roads impassable.

by: Esther Ama Egbuka

Accra, Ghana.

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Infrared satellite image ( IR) on May 18, 2024, 09:00 UTC on Sudan and South Sudan .

Shows temperature variations. Purple/blue areas indicate cooler temperatures (higher altitudes), yellow/red areas warmer (ground surfaces). Bright yellow/orange clouds suggest active weather like thunderstorms. Sudan: Central/Southern regions experience severe weather with thunderstorms; Northern regions have stable conditions with cooler temperatures at higher altitudes.

Focus on the circle in South Sudan you can see very active convection that can develop during the day

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SEVERE CONVECTION RGB IN SOUTHERN MALAWI CAPTURED ON 12 FEBRUARY 2023 09:45 UTC

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SEVERE CONVECTION RGB IN SOUTHERN MALAWI CAPTURED ON 12 FEBRUARY 2023 09:45 UTC

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The image is indicating deep convection in southern and central Malawi indicating presence of storms. There is also an indication of an updraft dissipating.

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Storm Daniel developed in Greece and was named by the Hellenic National Meteorological Service. As it moved towards Libya, Storm Daniel developed the characteristics of a Medicane . This hybrid phenomenon shows some characteristics of a tropical cyclone and others of a mid-latitude storm. Activity historically peaks between September and January.

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Storm Daniel leads to extreme rain and floods in Mediterranean, heavy loss of life in Libya 10  September 2023.

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Storm Daniel leads to extreme rain and floods in Mediterranean, heavy loss of life in Libya 10  September 2023.

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Extreme rainfall from a storm system called Storm Daniel hit parts of the central and eastern Mediterranean, leading to devastating flooding and massive loss of life in Libya, the worst affected country,

Libya’s National Meteorological Centre said that the storm reached a peak in northeastern Libya on 10 September, with strong winds of 70 - 80 km/h. This caused communications interruption, the fall of electricity towers and trees. Torrential rains of between 150 - 240 mm caused flash floods in several cities, including Al-Bayda, which recorded the highest daily rainfall rate of 414.1 mm (from 10 Sep 8am to 11 Sep 8am). The National Meteorological Centre said this was a new rainfall record

By. Eshtewi Rabha

Libya

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NATURAL COLOR RGB SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER THE TANZANIAN COAST ON 05/11/2023 AT 1000UTC

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NATURAL COLOR RGB SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER THE TANZANIAN COAST ON 05/11/2023 AT 1000UTC

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This Natural color satellite imagery shows the presence of convective clouds, and the cyan color indicates that thunderstorm clouds with heavy precipitation developed over Pemba and Unguja Isles.

By. Shamis A Juma

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RGB Dust : Dust over Niger and Burkina Faso

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RGB Dust : Dust over Niger and Burkina Faso

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RGB dust showing dusty weather over Niger and Burkina Faso with visibilities below 1 km observed at some weather stations on 18 March 2024.

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SEVERE CONVECTION RGB TAKEN @ 1620UTC INDICATING RAIN AND THUNDER CLOUDS IN GHANA

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Severe Convection RGB- Ghana on May 16th @ 1620utc

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Severe Convection RGB- Ghana on May 16th @ 1620utc

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On May 16th, 2024 an approaching storm was observed on the satellite moving from Nigeria through Benin, Togo and finally into Ghana. The rainstorm was accompanied by moderate to strong winds particularly around the eastern flank of Ghana. With time, the storm was able to sweep through the southern half of the country and also affected few areas within the Northern half. The rainstorm gave rains of varying intensities to different places at different times due to the atmospheric conditions respectively.

The rainstorm also caused some floods over low lying areas especially within the southern half.

The portions of the image circled with 'red' color indicates active areas of the storm as at the said time especially over the middle sector of Ghana.

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SEVERE CONVECTION RGB SATELLITE @ 1645UTC INDICATING THUNDER AND RAIN BEARING CLOUDS IN GHANA

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The circled area shows very strong updrafts resulting in development of severe convective clouds in the bright yellow color. The clouds produced heavy thunderstorms and rain with strong winds over the middle and transition belts of Ghana. However, over Benin and Togo into the Volta Lake shows dissipated convective systems.

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Eumetview - Google Chrome 17-May-24 22_46_18

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Severe Convective -Ghana on 16th May, 2024 @1700UTC

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Severe Convective -Ghana on 16th May, 2024 @1700UTC

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Ghana

Severe Convective at 1700UTC on 16th May, 2024

It can be seen over southern, middle sector and through to the transition area , some developments of mature convective activities and severe updrafts which aided in thundery activities with strong winds in these areas

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Severe Convective at 1700UTC on 16th May, 2024

It can be seen over southern, middle sector and through to the transition area , some developments of mature convective activities and severe updrafts which aided in thundery activities with strong winds in these areas

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A SEREVE CONVECTION RGB SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING CONVECTIVE CLOUDS IN TANZANIA ON 4/05/2024 AT 0730 UTC.

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A SEREVE CONVECTION RGB SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING CONVECTIVE CLOUDS IN TANZANIA ON 4/05/2024 AT 0730 UTC.

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The image shows a very active convective cloud over the south eastern part of Tanzania, around 0730z on 04th May, 2024. The yellow color that appears within the deep red surrounding shows areas of severe updrafts within the storm, thus pushing the small cloud particles above the storm. This storm was associated with heavy rains and strong winds which destroyed properties and infrastructure over the Southeaster part of Tanzania.

By: Ms. Dorice Shirima

Tanzania.

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Convection RGB satellite Image on 19/04/2024 at1400UTC

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There was deep convective clouds over Nairobi and Western Kenya which caused heavy Rainfall and flooding.

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The above natural color satellite imagery depicted on 4/05/2024 at 0900 UTC shows the presence deep convective clouds ( with deep cyan color) which are accompanied with heavy rainfall events and thunder storms over Tanzania (Lindi, Kilwa, Mafia, Pwani)  that were caused by the occurrence of tropical cyclone Hidaya leading to various impacts such as floods events, destruction of different properties such as houses. 

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A NATURAL COLOR RGB SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING CONVECTIVE CLOUDS IN TANZANIA ON 4/05/2024 AT 0900 UTC.

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A NATURAL COLOR RGB SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING CONVECTIVE CLOUDS IN TANZANIA ON 4/05/2024 AT 0900 UTC.

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The Severe convective satellite image shows the convective clouds that was observed in Tanzania on 23th Nov, 2023 at 1115 UTC, The yellow color shows most most intense convection or  severe storms areas with presence of heavy rainfall , thunderstorm  that brought flooding and landslides in several regions and result in the deaths of at least 89 people , destroying thousands  of homes and other injured.  Pwani, Morogoro and Dar es salaam regions remain the most affected areas, however significant flooding events have also occurred in Mbeya , Lindi and Katavi in period from November -December 2023.                                                                                                                                                         By: Rashid Abdala Nyegezi                                                                                                                      Dar es salaam, Tanzania.        

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 SEVERE CONVECTIVE RGB SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CONVECTIVE CLOUDS IN TANZANIA ON 23RD NOVEMBER, 2023 AT 1115 UTC.

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 SEVERE CONVECTIVE RGB SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CONVECTIVE CLOUDS IN TANZANIA ON 23RD NOVEMBER, 2023 AT 1115 UTC.

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 Satellite Imagery Showing RGB on 17 May 2024

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 Satellite Imagery Showing RGB on 17 May 2024

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Satellite image showing severe convection RGB that occured in the Northern part of Madagascar at 0800 UTC, the spinal shape of the clouds indicates the presence of cyclones which may result to the rising water vapour that may lead to rain formation in Indian ocean and some parts of northern Madagascar.

Nasra Nyenzi.

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Severe Convection RGB Satellite Imagery depicting active storms over Ghana on 16/05/2024 at 1530UTC 

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Severe Convection RGB Satellite Imagery depicting active storms over Ghana on 16/05/2024 at 1530UTC 

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The satellite image above shows the severe convection RGB which depicts the active storms mostly over southern Ghana into some parts of the transition belt of the country at 1530UTC. This resulted in heavy rainfall and flush floods over some parts in Southern Ghana including Accra.

By: Michael Duah Karikari

Accra, Ghana.

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The above is sat image at 0600Z .The weather over Tanzania is relatively fine across the country with only Cumulonimbus cloud over lake Victoria. Over Kilimanjaro Region the gray color shows medium to low clouds. Over western Indian Ocean to the North of Madagascar there is a heavy Cumulonimbus cloud which shows a cyclonic feature, just by reading the image, there is high possibility of the presence of  Tropical Cyclone to the North of Madagascar.

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WEATHER SATELLITE IMAGES (IR 10.8, 2024-05-17 0600UTC)  FROM MY AREA - KILIMANJARO

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WEATHER SATELLITE IMAGES (IR 10.8, 2024-05-17 0600UTC)  FROM MY AREA - KILIMANJARO

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My Name is Ms. MBEYU EMMANUEL BARNABAS

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The image shows convective thunderstorms in the northern part of Madagascar extending to the Indian ocean.

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Severe convective storm north of Madagascar

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Severe convective storm north of Madagascar

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This image was captured on the 17/05/2024 at 0800UTC, using the RGB convection product which is composed with the combination of Visible, Infrared, Water vapor channels and the channel differences. The location site as stated in the citation is Northern Madagascar and the Indian Ocean. The reddish color inside Madagascar indicates a less intense storm while the yellowish one in the ocean shows more intense storm. This product is only useful during the day.

By Siphephelo F Gwebu (Eswatini)

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Eumetsat; Date& Time:2021-05-22T1245Z; Channel: Volcanic Ash RGB& VIS0.6 μm Image

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Eumetsat; Date& Time:2021-05-22T1245Z; Channel: Volcanic Ash RGB& VIS0.6 μm Image

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Volcanic ash plumes over the DRC- and- Rwanda- border in the north-western part of Rwanda during the recent Nyiragongo eruption

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There is the formation of IALY Tropical Cyclone in the Indian Ocean along the Northern part of Madagascar. This satelite picture is of Friday 17/05/2024 0515UTC.

By Peter Mugisha Nestory, Tanzania

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WEATHER EVENT CAPTURED USING CONVECTION RGB PRODUCT ON 20241605 AT 13:45 UTC

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WEATHER EVENT CAPTURED USING CONVECTION RGB PRODUCT ON 20241605 AT 13:45 UTC

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The image above shows an active storm propagating from Nigeria to the boarders of Ghana. A separate active storm was also propagating from Burkina Faso towards the northern part of Ghana moving into the boarders of Ivory coast. These two separate rainstorms caused a downpour that brought flooding at some areas of the country Ghana.

The Red colour shows an indication of an active storms whiles the yellow colour indicates small ice particles.