The first cyclone of the year formed in the Indian Ocean, Carlos is yet to make its landfall. The system is currently a cyclonic storm, however, Class II alert still remains in force for the island nation.
The US Space agency NASA has been keeping track of the storm and its Aqua satellite passed over the cyclone while it was affecting weather conditions over both Mauritius and La Reunion in the Indian Ocean. The satellite image from NASA showed as to how the wind shear influenced Carlos.
Not only this, NASA also offered a satellite animation through the GPM core satellite where storms and heavy rains could be seen due to the Tropical Cyclone Carlos.
On February 5, the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM flew above Carlos on February 5, when the system had packed high velocity winds of around 51.8 mph. Both the rainfall structure and intensity was shown through the data collected through Carlos.
As per the data by GPM, rainfall was measured at the rate of around 100 mm per hour towards the northeastern side of Storm Carlos. GPM is a joint mission between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA.
Image Credit: NASA
