Tropical Cyclone Herman has upgraded to Tropical Storm status and currently sits in the Eastern Indian Ocean, approximately 1600 km from the coast of Western Australia. It has been measured to produce gusts up to 55 mph. As of yet, the storm poses no threat to human populations and is... Read More
JMA Himawari-9 Dust RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) spanned the period from 2100 UTC on 20 March to 2350 UTC on 22 March 2023 — and showed a large area of dense blowing dust (brighter shades of magenta to pink) across parts of eastern Mongolia and northern/northeastern China (eventually crossing... Read More
Only 2 days after Cyclone Judy, Cyclone Kevin traversed the far southern islands of Vanuatu on 03 March 2023 — and due to a favorable environment of low deep-layer wind shear coupled with warm Sea Surface Temperature, the storm reached Category 3 Intensity at 1800 UTC. Kevin displayed a distinct eye, with feeder bands wrapping into the... Read More
JMA Himawari-9 Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images of Tropical Cyclone Judy in the South Pacific Ocean on 27 February 2023 (above) displayed some unusually cold cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures — with isolated vales of -100ºC and colder (red pixels embedded within interior darker black regions).The Central Cold Cover feature was... Read More
