{"id":38994,"date":"2020-11-22T18:59:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T18:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=38994"},"modified":"2020-11-27T19:32:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T19:32:19","slug":"cyclone-goti-makes-landfall-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/38994","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Gati makes landfall in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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EWS-G1 Visible (0.63 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>US Space Force EWS-G1<\/strong><\/a> Visible (0.63 \u00b5m) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed Category 2 Cyclone Gati<\/strong><\/a> as it made landfall along the east coast of Somalia on 22 November 2020. The tropical cyclone rapidly intensified (ADT<\/strong><\/a> | SATCON<\/strong><\/a>) as it moved westward across the North Indian Ocean (through a corridor of low wind shear<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

EWS-G1 Infrared Window (10.7 \u00b5m) images (below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures in the -70 to -80\u00baC range as the eye was forming after 02 UTC. The eye of Gati opened quickly, but then collapsed and became cloud-filled shortly before landfall. It bears mentioning that in the historical record there are no tropical cyclones of Hurricane intensity making landfall in Somalia.<\/p>\n

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EWS-G1 Infrared Window (10.7 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n

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A similar loop of #CycloneGati<\/a>, but from the US Space Force EWS-G1 (Electro-optical #Infrared<\/a> Weather System Geostationary), infrared window animation: https:\/\/t.co\/qVrtpn7Yk4<\/a> H\/T @UWSSEC<\/a> @UWCIMSS<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/R4ypVZuK2m<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/EBET0EhVHs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tim Schmit (@GOESguy) November 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n