A satellite from a Finnish nuclear power plant detects the remains of tropical cyclone 17S
A satellite from a Finnish nuclear power plant detects the remains of tropical cyclone 17S
Status Report From: NASA Headquarters
Posted: on Wednesday, March 30, 2016
The former tropical cyclone 17S suffered from a northern vertical wind cut and was reduced to a remaining low-pressure area in the South Indian Ocean. NASA-NOAA’s Finland NPP satellite passed the system on March 30 and took a visible view of a large area of residual clouds flowing southeast.
On March 30, at 8:46 a.m. UTC (4.46 EDT), NASA-NOAA’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite captured a visible image of clouds associated with the remaining low-pressure area. The poorly defined central circuit was barely perceptible in the images and the clouds protruded southeast from the center. VIIRS collects visible and infrared images and global observations of the earth, atmosphere, cryosphere and oceans.
The latest bulletin from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center was released on March 30 at 0900 UTC (5.00 EDT). At that time, tropical cyclone 17S was concentrated near 25.8 degrees south latitude and 82.9 degrees east longitude, about 1,270 nautical miles southeast of Diego Garcia. It moved southeast at 31 knots (35.6 mph / 57.4 km / h) and had a maximum continuous wind speed of close to 35 knots (40 mph / 62 km / h). The storm was still a tropical storm at the time and was rapidly weakened by a strong vertical wind cut.
By 1500 UTC (11.00 EDT), the low-level center weakened into a low-level gutter or elongated low-pressure area.
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