Anywhere. Tropical Cyclone Amphan located in the Bay of Bengal has strengthened with winds topping 260 kph (or 160 mph) which is equivalent to a super typhoon or a category 5 Atlantic hurricane. Satellite imagery and animations are outstanding. 26, Tropical Cyclone 01B (Amphan) Warning #15, India and Bangladesh prepare for Cyclone Amphan as pandemic rages, NASA Goddard Space Image of the Day #Cyclone #Amphan has now officially become a Category 5 equivalent storm in the Bay of Bengal, after a stunning bout of rapid intensification. tc 01b has now passed over land. Amphan is a remarkable monster cyclone and something you do not want to see moving towards any land areas. Land Remote Sensing. Beyond exceptional rapid intensification has occurred over the past 24 hours. Amphan has intensified from 65 knots (75 mph) sustained winds to 140 knots (160 mph). TC #Amphan has intensified to 140kt, making it an equivalent category 5 hurricane. has adjusted to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bear caught on video nudging sleeping man's foot, Watch Gladys Knight vs Patti LaBelle song battle, The highly anticipated movie trailer for 'Dune' is out, 45 semitrucks topple in 1 day due to extreme winds, Humpback whale swims free from crocodile-infested river, Drew Barrymore debuts talk show with Cameron Diaz hologram, Magnus Carlsen aims for 'redemption' against Garry Kasparov, Video shows USPS mail being dumped in parking lot. Amphan will blast into West Bengal State and southern Bangladesh! 5 Atlantic Hurricane, Want to buy a dinosaur? pic.twitter.com/qmtROWAxqQ. It will continue moving north foir another day, then curve slightly towards north-northeast prior to landfall in the northeast India (West Bengal state). Be prepared! Tropical Cyclone Amphan made landfall Wednesday near the border between India and Bangladesh. tropical cyclone (tc) 01b (amphan), located approximately 25 nm south-southwest of kolkata, india, has tracked northward at 17 knots over the past six hours. The storm, currently spinning over the Bay of Bengal, is advancing toward the eastern coast of India. Cyclone Amphan Strengthens to an Equivalent Cat. Based on the HWRF moodel, it remains extremely powerful up until its landfall near the border of West Bengal state (India) and Bangladesh. The tropical cyclone #Amphan is now a Category 5 cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. the initial position is placed with good confidence based on a … The storm had reached category 5 force on May 18. Amphan has a huge wind radii! Amphan has intensified from 65 knots (75 mph) sustained winds to 140 knots (160 mph). Major storm-surge flooding was expected near and east of where Amphan crossed the coast. Attached are the wind accumulation and total rainfall maps over the next days across the Bay of Bengal and West Bengal state of India and Bangladesh. Julia Louis-Dreyfus' DNC satire: Awkward or funny? The storm is still expected to make landfall near the Bangladesh/India boarder and storm surge is a major threat. That is the equivalent of a category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale. animated multispectral satellite imagery (msi) and enhanced infrared imagery depicts a system with uniform central dense overcast (cdo) that continues to erode. See also outlook for the Hurricane season 2020 – likely to be above-average activity: Powerful Tropical Cyclone #Amphan grazing the West Bengal coast (India) – expected to make landfall south of Kolkata in the next 24 hours, Laura’s landfall a borderline Category 5 in Louisiana – the strongest since 1856, Extremely dangerous landfall of powerful hurricane Laura is expected tonight, Southwest Turkey and Cyprus in scorching heat – both countries hit near +43 °C on Sunday, May 17th, Week 13-2020 (March 23rd – March 29th) Contest Winners, Severe Weather Outlook / Forecast for Europe – Sept 25th, 2020, Hurricane season takes a short break, but the USA faces a new burst of activity in October, as an MJO wave is incoming from the west, Severe Weather Outlook / Forecast for Europe – Sept 24th, 2020, Tropical Storm Dolphin now threatens Japan, heavy rains for Tokyo on Thursday, The exceptional satellite presentation of Hurricane Teddy in tandem with Storm Beta, Massive smoke cloud from the western United States now reaches Europe, Hurricane Teddy passing near Bermuda today, now heading for extremely dangerous landfall in Canada, Fall arrival to Europe this week: summer weather replaced with cold and lots of rain, snow in the Alps, Trends in storm environments over the last 4 decades suggest increases over Europe and decreases over the United States, SWE Photography Contest week #34 of 2020 (Aug 17th – Aug 23rd) Winners.