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Cyclone Batsirai makes landfall in Madagascar

By Scott Bachmeier •

EWS-G1 Visible (0.63 µm, left) and Infrared Window (10.7 µm, right) [click to play animated GIF | MP4]

US Space Force EWS-G1 — formerly GOES-13 — Visible (0.63 µm) and Infrared Window (10.7 µm) images (above) showed Cyclone Batsirai making landfall as a Category 3 storm along the eastern coast of Madagascar on 05 February 2022.

Suomi-NPP VIIRS True Color RGB and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images viewed using RealEarth (below) provided a more detailed view of Batsirai at 1045 UTC.

Suomi-NPP VIIRS True Color RGB and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images [click to enlarge]

Categories: EWS-G1, RealEarth, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images, Suomi NPP, Tropical cyclones, VIIRS