Thursday, October 20, 2016

Stunning imagery of Super typhoon Lawin (Haima)

Eastern Hemisphere full disk AHI geocolor image from the Himawari-8 satellite of Super Typhoon Haima/Lawin on Oct. 18, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. EDT. Super Typhoon Haima is shown near the center of the image.  (JMA via CIRA/RAMMB)

Zooming in on that image, an overlay showing nighttime lights of Luzon. The most concentrated cluster of city lights is Metro Manila. From Weather.com

Zoomed AHI geocolor image from the Himawari-8 satellite of Super Typhoon Haima/Lawin on Oct. 18, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. EDT. An overlay of city lights of the northern Philippines shows the capital of Manila most prominently. (JMA via CIRA/RAMMB)