A satellite from a Finnish nuclear power plant sees the formation of a tropical storm in Enawo
Tropical Storm Enawo formed in the South Indian Ocean, just northeast of the island nation of Madagascar, when a satellite from NASA-NOAA’s Finnish nuclear power plant passed overhead and took a picture of the storm. Warnings are already in place in the east of the country.
March 3 at 0954 UTC (4.45 EST) NASA-NOAA The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) at the Finnish Nuclear Power Plant captured a visible image of Enawo. Enawo is the ninth tropical cyclone to form in the southern Indian Ocean this season. The VIIRS image showed the concentration of thunderstorms around the center of rotation and in the northwestern quadrant of a large storm area.
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center, or JTWC, issued its first warning in Enawo on March 3 at 0900 UTC (4 am EST). At that time, Enawo was located near 12.7 degrees south latitude and 56.8 degrees east longitude, about 445 nautical miles (512 miles / 924 km) north of Port Louis, Mauritius. Enawo traveled west-southwest at a speed of 10 knots (11.5 mph / 18.5 km / h), with a maximum continuous wind speed of close to 35 knots (40 mph / 62 km / h).
Madagascar’s Meteorological Institute, or MMS, has issued a warning to coastal areas from the northeast to the east of the country, as Enawon is forecast to run along the east coast while remaining at sea. In 3-4 days, the JTWC predicts the storm will intensify with the intensity of the hurricane as it approaches the east coast of Madagascar.
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