Visible imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite showed a visible eye remained in Tropical Cyclone Joaninha is it continued moving through the central Southern Indian Ocean.
On March 27, 2019 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite provided a visible image of Joaninha. Joaninha maintained its eye, and the eye was surrounded by powerful thunderstorms. Bands of thunderstorms spiraled into the center of circulation from the east.
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center or JTWC noted that animated multispectral satellite imagery showed that the ragged eye was 15 nautical miles in diameter.
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Image: On March 27, 2019, the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite provided a visible image of Tropical Cyclone Joaninha moving through the central Southern Indian Ocean. Joaninha maintained a 15 nautical-mile wide eye. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS)