TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2009
| Figure 3.5.4 | Infra-red satellite imagery at 8 p.m. on 4 August 2009 of Severe Tropical Storm Goni. Goni was located about 110 km southwest of Hong Kong and at its peak intensity with estimated maximum winds of 95 kilometres per hour near its centre. Another tropical cyclone Morakot was located over the western Pacific to the east of Taiwan. [The satellite imagery was originally captured by the Multi-functional Transport Satellite-1R (MTSAT-1R) of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).] |