Data from the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) on board MTG-I1 (Meteosat Third Generation), operating in parallel with Meteosat-10, with a sub-satellite point at 0^oN, 0^oE, shows the different cloud types associated with Kirk (which was deemed a hurricane at 2100 UTC on 1 October) in the tropical Atlantic. The Cloud Phase RGB (details), among other things, helps distinguish between ice/water clouds, and clouds with large/small particles. In the example above, blue clouds have large particle sizes (likely ice in this case) and cyan clouds have smaller ice particle sizes. The pink-hued clouds over the southeastern quadrant of the scene above are likely clouds with large water droplets. A zoomed-in view of that quadrant is shown below.

Many thanks to Jochen Kerkman, EUMETSAT, for forwarding along these animations. So beautiful!!

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