![](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2024\/12\/MET09_IR_CHIDO_1415DEC2024_loop_METEOSAT9_2024348_180000_2024350_070000.gif\")
<\/a>EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 Infrared Window (10.8 \u00b5m) images, from 1800 UTC on 13th December to 0700 UTC on 15th December [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>EUMETSAT<\/strong><\/a> Meteosat-9 Infrared Window (10.8 \u00b5m) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed Category 4 Cyclone Chido as its eye moved across the small island of Mayotte (airport identifier FMCZ) in the Mozambique Channel around 0730 UTC<\/strong><\/a> on 14th December 2024 — and went on to make landfall just south of Penba, Mozambique (airport identifier MQPB) around 0400 UTC<\/strong><\/a> on 15th December. Chido traversed increasingly warmer sea surface temperatures<\/strong><\/a> (source<\/strong><\/a>) as it approached Mozambique.<\/p>\n As Cyclone Chido passed over Mayotte, the airport reported wind gusts of 92 kts (106 mph) as the eye approached and 91 kts (105 mph) as the eye departed (below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n Time series plot of surface report data from Dzaoudzi\u2013Pamandzi International Airport on the island of Mayotte [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>Shortly before Chido made landfall in Mozambique, a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image at 0253 UTC (below)<\/strong><\/em> indicated that a derived maximum wind speed of 123.84 knots was present in the SE quadrant of the eyewall (source<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/a>