GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed the movement of numerous thunderstorms across American Samoa during the 16-18 February 2020 period. This deep convection was being forced by an active South Pacific Convergence Zone or “Monsoon Trough” (surface analysis) and the presence of Tropical Invest 96P (named TD07F by the Fiji Met Service / Nadi Tropical Cyclone Centre) northwest... Read More