Tropical Cyclone Kalmaegi is still experiencing wind shear and those winds have continued to displace the strongest storms north of the cyclone's center. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead and identified those strong storms using infrared light.
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard Suomi NPP provided an infrared image of the storm. Infrared imagery reveals cloud top temperatures, and the higher the cloud top, the colder it is, and the stronger the storm. The VIIRS instrument aboard captured an infrared image of the storm on Nov. 14 at 1:12 a.m. EST (0512 UTC). VIIRS showed strong storms in a large area north and northwest of the center, where cloud top temperatures were as cold as minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 Celsius). Storms with cloud tops that cold have been found to generate heavy rainfall.
[...] Kalmaegi is moving toward the west-northwest toward a landfall in Luzon, Philippines in the northern part of the country. Landfall is expected in northeastern Luzon on Nov. 16.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 18 2019, @01:02PM
ZEEEERO COMMENTS means NEEDS NIGGERS.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday November 18 2019, @02:39PM
Wind shear in cyclones and hurricanes is normal, so ...
I will say the Philippines is a rough place to live, when you're not having volcanic eruptions, ya got hurricane/cyclones, when they're not going on ya got endless foreign military power invasions, when theres no invasions ya got narco terrorists trying to take over and gun battles in the streets and anyone opposing them gets vilified by those profiting off narcotics, its just a mess of a place to live all the time. The country is beautiful, but everything else about the country has pretty much been a shitshow for centuries or millennia. The country could be a heaven on earth if it ever caught a break, which never seems to happen.