February 20, 2021 - Tropical Cyclone Guambe

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   Tropical Cyclone Guambe
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   The third cyclone to impact Mozambique this season was spinning in the
   Mozambique Channel on February 19, 2021. Although the center of
   Tropical Cyclone Guambe is expected to remain 60-90 miles (100-150 km)
   off the coast, the western side of the storm will bring heavy rain and
   strong winds to parts of Sofala, Inhambane, Manica, and Zambezia
   Provinces over the next few days. The Moderate Resolution Imaging
   Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a
   true-color image of Tropical Cyclone Guambe in the early afternoon of
   February 19. Around the time this image was captured, the storm carried
   maximum sustained winds of about 100 miles per hour (155
   km/h)—equivalent to a Category 2 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane
   Wind Scale.

   According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JWTC), Tropical Cyclone
   Guambe is forecast to strengthen to a peak of about 103.5 mph (167
   km/h) over the next 24 hours as it moves to the south-southeast, moving
   away from land.

   Mozambique is in the middle of the annual cyclonic rainy season, which
   begins in October and ends in April. During this season, storms
   frequently come in from the Indian Ocean while flooding arises from
   southern African Basins. Two significant and damaging storms have
   preceded Tropical Cyclone Guambe. In January, Tropical Cyclone Eloise
   made landfall near Beira in Sofala Province in January, bringing
   damaging wind and severe flooding and Tropical Storm Chalane struck the
   region late in 2020.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Aqua
   Date Acquired: 2/19/2021
   Resolutions:  1km (411.3 KB),  500m (1.3 MB),  250m (3.8 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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