• Possible formation of new tropical cyclone near Madagascar

    According to latest alert warning from Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) the formation of a significant tropical cyclone is possible within 200 nm either side of a line from 13.7 S – 53.3 E to 14.9 S – 44.0 E within the next 12 to 24 hours. Available data does not

  • Dust storm over the Arabian Sea

    Dust plumes stretched southward over the Arabian Sea in late February 2012.  The thickest plume arises just west of the Iran-Pakistan border. Thinner plumes blow southward along the entire coast of Pakistan.Sandy deserts cover much of southern Pakistan and Iran, and

  • Counter-clockwise storm in the Mediterranean seen from space

    NOAA-19 AVHRR satellite sensor captured image of cyclonic, counter-clockwise spin of a low pressure system as it spun over the Mediterranean sea on February 23. This system has brought up to 10.2 centimeters (4 inches) of rain over the 24 hours to coastal areas in

  • Dust storm in Utah

    Dust and clouds mingled over Utah in late February 2012. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of a dust storm on February 23.The dust arises from the Great Salt Lake Desert, with

  • Dust storm over Texas

    In late February 2012, a dust storm in the Texas Panhandle dropped visibility to near-zero, and caused numerous accidents and two deaths, according to news station WJLA. The dust swept from eastern New Mexico through Texas, forming a giant arc north of Lubbock.

  • TC Giovanna and TC Hilwa ravaging in South Indian Ocean

    TC Giovanna’s center  is currently located off the southeast coast of Madagascar, about 490 nm southeast of Antananarivo, a capitol of Madagascar, and is moving northwestward at 9 knots over the past six hours according to Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). The low

  • Unusual number of vortices formed around the globe

    During our daily MODIS satellite imagery check up we noticed unusual number of newly formed vortices around the globe. Maybe the most significant is one called Tropical cyclone Giovanna which is located in Mozambique Channel and now is battering Madagascar’s southeast

  • Giovanna ravaged Madagascar and continues towards Mozabique

    Destruction left behind Tropical cyclone Giovanna is still being assessed. Packing highest sustained winds of about 120 mph (193 kmh), the storm landed early Tuesday morning, local time, a little south of Toamasina (Tamatave). The storm also hammered the capital,

  • Watersprout seen over Auckland, New Zealand

    A large water funnel resembling a tornado has been spotted in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf yesterday. The thin, tornado-like funnel apparently caused no significant harm as it swirled near the Auckland central business district at about 4 p.m., local time, or late Tuesday