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Archive: Wed Aug 2015

Tropical Storm Danny in the eastern Atlantic Ocean

The first tropical storm of the season in the eastern Atlantic (Ana, Bill and Claudette all formed over the western Atlantic) has formed from a cluster of thunderstorms that emerged from Africa. The multi-day animation, above, from GOES-13, shows the steady progress of the disorganized system across the eastern Atlantic... Read More

Super Typhoon Atsani in the West Pacific Ocean

Super Typhoon Atsani reached Category 5 intensity early in the day on 19 August 2015; the storm displayed a nearly annular eyewall signature during much of the day on Himawari-8 infrared (10.4 µm) images (above; click image to play MP4 movie file). A large (64 Mbyte) animated GIF is available... Read More