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 a very favorable 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
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible and Infrared Window images (above) showed Potential Tropical Cyclone One as is intensified to form Tropical Storm Arthur as of 1500 UTC on 17 June 2026. Plots of surface winds at METAR sites revealed that strongest winds were occurring in the eastern semicircle of Arthur, with a... Read More
2.5-minute Target Sector JMA Himawari-9 AHI Visible images (above) showed Super Typhoon Sinlaku as its eye approached Saipan (station identifier PGSN) in the Mariana Islands on 13-14 April 2026. Mesovrticies were evident within the eye. After reaching its peak intensity on 12 April (blog post 1 | blog post 2), Sinlaku was in the... Read More
