Worldview Image of the Week

Tropical Cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal

Image captured on 18 May 2020 at 12:10 UTC, by the AHI instrument, aboard the Himawari-8 satellite.

Tropical Cyclone Amphan on 18 May 2020 at 12:10 UTC (Himawari-8/Clean IR)

Clean Infrared image of Tropical Cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal. The tropical cyclone is projected to make landfall at the India-Bangladesh border. The image was acquired on 18 May 2020 at 12:10 UTC by the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) instrument, aboard the geostationary Himawari-8 satellite.

View an animation of the storm from 8:30 - 12:10 UTC on 18 May 2020. 

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