Super Typhoon Mawar reaches Category 5 intensity
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Target Sector (2.5-minute interval) JMA Himawari-9 Visible and Infrared images (above) covered the period +/- 2 hours when Super Typhoon Mawar reached Category 5 intensity at 0600 UTC on 25 May 2023. Mesovortices within the eye were evident in Visible imagery, with the eye exhibiting a “stadium effect” geometry (two signatures that are often associated with... Read More