Tropical Cyclone Chapala developed in the Arabian Sea on October 28 as the fourth tropical depression in the Northern Indian Ocean basin and on October 29, strengthened into a hurricane.
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Extremely heavy rainfall from the once Super Typhoon Koppu has caused deadly flooding and mudslides in the Philippines.
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At 3 p.m. EDT on October 23 RapidScat identified the strongest area of sustained winds in Hurricane Olaf in the southeastern quadrant of the storm near 45 meters per second (100 mph/162 kph).
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Champi has become elongated while moving through the western North Pacific Ocean and is expected to become extra-tropical by October 24.
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NASA’s Aqua satellite saw Central Pacific Ocean Hurricane Olaf maintained its eye and remained a major hurricane on October 23.
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26W was spinning down and speeding up as it was becoming an extra-tropical storm. In fact, its sustained winds were weaker than its forward speed as it moved through the western North Pacific Ocean.
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Typhoon Champi was near Iwo To island, Japan when NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites gathered data on the weakening typhoon.
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Tropical storm Koppu was approaching the Philippines when the GPM core observatory satellite passed above on October 15 and analyzed the intensifying storm’s rainfall.
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Tropical Storm Champi was over Guam and the Marianas Islands when NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the storm.
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On October 20, Olaf strengthened to a Category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
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