After a 4,000-mile-plus journey over the Indian Ocean, TropicalCyclone Freddy made landfall on the eastern coast of Madagascar. Satellites from NOAA and international partners are monitoring the storm. Learn more in this week’s EarthFromOrbit video:
. Freddy has already generated about 66 units of ACE, beating the previous record of 53, formerly held by Cyclone Fantala in 2016. Only two Atlantic hurricanes have had a higher lifetime ACE index than Freddy—Hurricane Three in 1899 and Hurricane Ivan in 2004 . , which occurred due to repeated bursts of wind shear that weakened the storm and then subsided.
on both the Joint Polar Satellite System’s NOAA-20 and Suomi NPP satellites plays an important role in detecting and tracking storms. They measure the state of the atmosphere by taking precise measurements of sea surface temperatures and atmospheric temperature and moisture, which are critical to securing storm forecasts several days in advance. JPSS instruments provide data that is particularly useful in helping forecasters predict a hurricane’s path 3-7 days out.
NOAA-20 and Suomi-NPP also carry a microwave sounder that penetrates clouds, allowing forecasters to see the internal structure of tropical cyclones. This helps forecasters understand the direction, movement and intensity of these storms. Geostationary satellites from our partners around the world, such as the Meteosat satellites operated by our European partners at
, provide timely and potentially life-saving information about weather and storms in this region. These satellites track a tropical cyclone’s position and movement and monitor its center of circulation and wind fields in near real time.
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