TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2012

Infra-red satellite imagery of Super Typhoon Sanba (1216) at peak intensity at 2 a.m. on 14 September 2012

Figure 2.3

Infra-red satellite imagery of Super Typhoon Sanba (1216) at peak intensity at 2 a.m. on 14 September 2012. Sanba, one of the most intense tropical cyclones in 2012, was centred over the western North Pacific about 980 km east-northeast of Manila with an estimated maximum sustained wind of 220 km/h and a minimum sea-level pressure of 905 hPa at that time.

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