Earlier this week, we discussed the rapid development of Super Typhoon Bavi, a major tropical cyclone in the western Pacific Ocean. It delivered a strong hit to the island of Rota, part of the American territory known as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. You can read more about Rota’s devastation and see photos... Read More
Super Typhoon Bavi rapidly intensified to a Category 5 tropical cyclone (ADT | SATCON) east of Guam on 03 July 2026. Bavi was moving through an environment characterized by low values of deep-layer wind shear (above), as it was traversing progressively warmer water (Sea Surface Temperature | Ocean Heat Content). Shear, ADT, SATCON, SST... Read More
10-minute Full Disk scan JMA Himawari-9 True Color RGB and Ash RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) showed the volcanic cloud resulting from an eruption of Dukono (on the Indonesian island of Halmahera), which began at 2241 UTC on 07 May 2026. Changes in wind direction/speed with height resulted in a... Read More
Islands in warm tropical seas can create convection through a combination of factors that work together to foster deep convection. A recent example from the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during the day of Monday 20 April 2026 illustrates this. Guadalcanal is famous as the site of a... Read More
