TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2010

Figure 2.3 Infra-red satellite imagery at 8 p.m. on 17 October 2010 of Super Typhoon Megi (1013) at peak intensity. Megi, the most intense tropical cyclone in 2010, was centred over the western North Pacific about 590 km northeast of Manila with an estimated maximum sustained winds of 270 km/h and a minimum sea-level pressure of 895 hPa at that time.

[The satellite imagery was originally captured by the Multi-functional Transport Satellite-2 (MTSAT-2) of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).]