Super Typhoon Bolaven reaches Category 5 intensity
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/HIM09_VIS_BOLAVEN_10_11OCT2023_B3_2023284_000215_0001PANEL_FRAME00093.gif)
Target Sector (2.5-minute interval) JMA Himawari-9 AHI Red Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) and Clean Infrared Window (10.4 µm) mages (below) showed Super Typhoon Bolaven as it reached Category 5 intensity west of the Northern Mariana Islands at 0000 UTC (SATCON) on 11 October 2023. Bolaven was an annular tropical cyclone, exhibiting a symmetric eye surrounded by a... Read More