{"id":8893,"date":"2011-09-20T22:43:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T22:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=8893"},"modified":"2011-09-21T14:44:44","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T14:44:44","slug":"typhoon-roke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/8893","title":{"rendered":"Typhoon Roke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MTSAT-2 10.8 \u00c2\u00b5m IR channel images (click image to play animation)<\/p><\/div>\n

MTSAT-2 10.8 \u00c2\u00b5m IR channel images (above; click image to play animation)<\/strong><\/em> showed Category 4 Typhoon Roke as it approached Japan during the 19 September – 20 September 2011 period. Roke exhibited a well-defined eye during this time. Massive evacuations were urged by the Japanese government as this strong tropical cyclone approached major population centers in southern Japan.<\/p>\n

On an MTSAT-2 IR image with surface and ship reports plotted from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones<\/strong><\/a> site (below),<\/strong><\/em> the large radius of strong winds could be seen from the ship report of 50 knots a fair distance east of the storm center.<\/p>\n

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MTSAT-2 IR image + surface and ship reports<\/p><\/div>\n

MTSAT-2 0.72 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel images (below; click image to play animation)<\/strong><\/em> showed the eye on 20 September — and there was a hint of meso-vortices within the eye of Roke on the 05:01 UTC visible image<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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MTSAT-2 0.72 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel images (click image to play animation)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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