Himawari-9 Infrared Imagery, above, shows Mawar as it develops and eye and strenghtens to Super Typhoon status. The animation above shows a well-developed symmetric storm with good outflow from all quadrants. The eye is seemingly in steady state from about 0300-0900 UTC, after which time its size shrinks. The 0600... Read More

Target Sector (2.5-minute interval) JMA Himawari-9 Visible and Infrared images (above) covered the period when Typhoon Mawar reached Category 4 intensity at 0000 UTC on 23 May 2023 (JTWC advisory | SATCON | ADT). Mesovortices within the eye were evident in the Visible imagery, and cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures surrounding the eye were... Read More

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