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Archive: Apr 2016

Cyclone Fantala in the Indian Ocean

A plot of the Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) hurricane intensity estimate (above) revealed that Indian Ocean Cyclone Fantala (19S) exhibited a period of rapid intensification on 15 April 2016, reaching Category 4 intensity with maximum sustained winds of 135 knots at 14 UTC.EUMETSAT Meteosat-7 Infrared Window (11.5 µm) images (below) showed the... Read More