The Finnish nuclear power plant’s satellite detects the formation of another tropical cyclone in the South Pacific
Tropical Storm 02P developed about 300 miles from Fiji when NASA-NOAA’s Finland Nuclear Power Plant satellite took a visible image of the storm.
Tropical Storm 02P was seen by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on NASA-NOAA’s Finland Nuclear Power Plant satellite at 0220 on October 16 (10:20 p.m. EDT on October 15). The visible light VIIRS image showed thunderstorms southwest to southeast of the center of rotation.
On October 16, 2015 at 5:00 a.m. EDT/0900 UTC, the center of Tropical Storm 02P was located near latitude 13.1 South and longitude 177.1 East. The storm is about 309 nautical miles northwest of Suva, Fiji and moving south-southwest at 10 knots (11.5 mph/18.5 kmph). The maximum sustained wind speed was nearly 35 knots (40 mph / 62 km/h).
02P is moving southwest and is expected to strengthen slightly the next day before impact wind shear. Wind shear is expected to weaken it to a remnant low pressure area within a couple of days.
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