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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2010


Infrared satellite imagery at 2 a.m. on 22 October 2010 of Severe Typhoon Megi.

Figure 3.5.6     Infrared satellite imagery at 2 a.m. on 22 October 2010 of Severe Typhoon Megi. Megi was passing about 430 km to the east-southeast of Hong Kong with estimated maximum sustained winds of Megi of 175 kilometres per hour near its centre at that time.

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