NASA-NOAA’s Finnish nuclear power plant will give birth to the north
Shortly after the tropical cyclone Ockhi formed in the North Indian Ocean west of Sri Lanka, a satellite from NASA-NOAA’s Finland Nuclear Power Plant passed the storm and saw strong thunderstorms intertwine in its center from the northern quadrant.
On November 30, at 3:24 a.m. EST (0824 UTC), a satellite from NASA-NOAA’s Finnish nuclear power plant passed the tropical cyclone Ockh. NASA-NOAA’s Finnish Nuclear Power Plant satellite VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument took a visible picture of the storm and showed strong thunderstorms north of the orbit to orbit the center. The northwestern quadrant of the storm was over southwestern India.
On November 30, at 10 a.m. EST (1500 UTC), Ockhi was located near 8.6 degrees north latitude and 75.2 degrees east longitude, about 100 nautical miles southwest of Cochin, India. The greatest continuous winds of the tropical storm were close to 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 Ockh will move northwest and off the coast of southwest India. Around December 3, the storm is expected to turn back northeast, where it is forecast to land on the shore on December 5 north of Mumbai.
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