Hey Loves,
this is Lovely, herself,
and our typhoon 2021 has officially begun.
I wanted to take a moment to explain how I am doing updates.
I will also inform you about my color coding for storm and intensity.
First question of all is how many typhoons can we expect in the following month, and therefore PAGASA made a really nice graphic, that I would like to share.
How do we measure the strength of a typhoon or tropical system?
What colors am I using for my updates?
Tropical Depression
Tropical Storm
Typhoon category 1
Typhoon category 2
Typhoon category 3
Typhoon category 4
Typhoon category 5
Typhoon category 6
How does a typhoon form?
What kind of data am I using?
- Live weather images are updated every 10 minutes from NOAA GOES and JMA Himawari-8 geostationary satellites. EUMETSAT Meteosat images are updated every 15 minutes. Blue clouds at night represent low-lying clouds and fog.
- Tropical cyclone tracks and forecast maps are created using the most recent data from NHC, JTWC, NRL, and IBTrACS.
- Animated surface wind speed forecast maps are generated using the NOAA-NWS GFS model.
- RainViewer provides rain/snow radar maps. Coverage is limited to areas with radar and may show anomalies.
- Fire/heat spots show approximate fires and high temperatures, updated daily using data from FIRMS.
- High-definition satellite images are updated twice a day from NASA-NOAA polar-orbiting satellites Suomi-NPP, MODIS Aqua, and Terra, using services from GIBS, part of EOSDIS. Imagery is captured at approximately 10:30 local time for “AM” and 13:30 local time for “PM.”
- Microsoft provides imagery at high zoom levels.
All what I am hoping for that is my updates will help people to be informed timely, and they can prepare for the storms that will make landfall in the Philippines.