Typhoon Bavi
Typhoon Bavi (Super Typhoon Inday in Philippines) developed late June 2026, grew into a Tropical cyclone early July, with variations of its intensity during the first two weeks of July before landing. It started in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, went west towards Asia, and continued along the eastern coasts of the continent for some time.
During its course over the ocean, it showed phase of explosive strenghtening, going from 130 km/h at 18:00 UTC on July 2 to 230 km/h at 12:00 UTC July 3. Significant wave heights over 12 m were measured every day from the 6th to the 11th by different nadir altimeters in the vicinity of the typhoon (instantaneous maximum over 14.5 m on the 7th ).
Sentinel-1 SAR sea surface roughness enables to compute sustained winds, showing maximum at 60 m/s.
The typhoon induced torrential rains and hurricane-force winds along its path, on Island of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Philippines.
Significant wave heights from altimeters (nadir + Swot swath) and SAR winds over typhoon Bavi, every 6 hours (data from +/- 3 hours wrt time indicated) Data : Cnes/Nasa for Swot, Copernicus Marine Service for the nadir altimeter, ESA CYMS project for Sentinel-1 winds. (Aviso for the animation)
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