NASA-NOAA’s Finnish nuclear power plant gives birth to the North
Shortly after Tropical Cyclone Ockhi formed in the northern Indian Ocean west of Sri Lanka, NASA-NOAA’s Suomi Ydinvoimalaitos satellite passed the storm and saw strong thunderstorms wrapping around its center in the northern quadrant.
On November 30 at 3:24 EST (0824 UTC), NASA-NOAA’s Finland Nuclear Power Plant satellite passed tropical cyclone Ockhi. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on NASA-NOAA’s Finnish Nuclear Power Plant satellite captured a visible image of the storm and showed strong thunderstorms north of the rotation center spiraling into the center. The northwest quadrant of the storm was over southwest India.
At 10 a.m. EST (1500 UTC) on November 30, Ockhi was located near 8.6 degrees north latitude and 75.2 degrees east longitude, about 100 nautical miles south-southwest of Cochin, India. The tropical storm’s maximum sustained winds were near 55 knots (6 3 mph/102 kmph). Ockhi was moving west-northwest at 12 knots (13.8 mph / 22.2 kmph).
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center predicts that Ockhi will move northwest and away from the coast of southwest India. Around December 3, the storm is expected to turn back northeast, where it is forecast to make landfall on December 5 north of Mumbai.
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