Tropical Weather Archives

Typhoon #PHANFONE was undergoing a rapid intensification while making an intense Category 2 landfall in the eastern Samar, Philippines on Christmas evening, Dec 24th

December 24, 2019 by Marko Korosec

As expected, Typhoon #Phanfone (#Ursula) has made landfall as a strong typhoon – probably Category 2 strength – in Salcedo, Eastern Samar, Philippines today, on … Read more

#PHANFONE is likely a typhoon now, Dvorak suggests 75 knots maximum sustained winds – Philippines impact expected on Christmas evening!

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019 by Marko Korosec

Latest satellite observation indicates the Tropical Storm #Phanfone / #UrsulaPH is going through some more significant strengthening and is likely already a Category 1 typhoon. … Read more

Tropical storm #PHANFONE forms in the western Pacific, heading towards a potentially dangerous typhoon making landfall in the Philippines on Christmas

December 24, 2019December 22, 2019 by Marko Korosec

As expected by various models, the tropical wave #98W has organized into a depression yesterday and is already a Tropical Storm #PHANFONE today. Storm is … Read more

Tropics are getting active again – West Pacific wave #98W could potentially develop into a cyclone/typhoon towards the Philippines next week

December 20, 2019 by Marko Korosec

Tropical activity has been very poor in the past 2 weeks, soon after the tropical cyclone #Belna made landfall in Madagascar on Dec 9th. Lately, … Read more

Tropical Cyclone #Belna has made a devastating landfall in Madagascar with a few hour bursts of rapid intensification before reaching the coast

December 9, 2019 by Marko Korosec

West Indian Ocean is yet again bringing some unexpected tropical behaviors. While Cyclone Belna was gradually weakening today, it rather unexpectedly exploded and intensify again … Read more

Dangerous landfall of cyclone #BELNA is imminent for #Madagascar this afternoon

December 9, 2019 by Marko Korosec

Although cyclone #Belna is already weakening, it remains a large tropical system with strong Category 1 strength, located just north of Madagascar. Belna is packing … Read more

Cyclone #BELNA is now a Category 2 and steadily organizing, expected to begin its rapid intensification soon and head towards devastating Madagascar landfall

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 by Marko Korosec

Yet another potentially monster cyclone is developing further in the West Indian Ocean – Tropical cyclone #Belna. The system is currently packing maximum sustained winds … Read more

UPDATE on the MONSTER cyclone #AMBALI – peak intensify of 155 mph reached the borderline Category 5 strength this morning

December 6, 2019 by Marko Korosec

One of the most impressive surprises lately was an unexpected and extremely rapid intensification of the tropical cyclone #Ambali in the West Indian Ocean yesterday. … Read more