US Space Force EWS-G1 (formerly GOES-13) Infrared Window (10.7 µm) images (above) showed Category 3 Cyclone Freddy making landfall along the east coast of Madagascar on 21 February 2023.According to products from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site, during the 12-15 hours leading up to landfall Freddy was traversing warm water with Sea Surface Temperature... Read More

Heavy Rains overspread the Samoan Islands late on 20 February/early on 21 February 2023. ASCAT scatterometry from 0845 UTC on 21 February, above, (from this website), shows strong northerly winds Equatorward of the Samoan Islands, and weaker winds to the south: surface convergence is indicated. The animation below shows GOES-18 Visible imagery... Read More