Typhoon Mawar in the western Pacific is moving towards the southern Marianas (the islands of Guam and Rota are both under a Typhoon warning). Radar Constellation Mission Satellite 2 (RCM-2) overflew the storm at 0813 UTC on 21 May, and at 0821 UTC on 22 May, and a toggle of... Read More
Himawari-9 Band 10 (Low-level water vapor, 7.3 µm) infrared imagery, above, shows Tropical Storm Mawar to the southeast of Guam. At 0600 UTC, Mawar’s center was about 400 miles south-southeast of the island of Guam. The short water vapor animation above shows an expanding cirrus shield with outflow in all... Read More
As West Pacific Tropical Depression 02W — previously discussed in this blog post — intensified to become Tropical Storm Mawar at 1200 UTC on 20 May 2023, 2.5-minute rapid scan JMA Himawari-9 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed pulses of cold overshooting tops that frequently exhibited infrared brightness temperatures in the -90... Read More
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Advisory (TCFA) for disturbed weather located southwest of Chuuk in the tropical Pacific. MIMIC Total Precipitable Water fields, above, show the development of a circulation near 150oE Longitude and 5oN Latitude between 0000 UTC 17 May and 0000 UTC 19 May. At present the system... Read More
