7.1K views · 126 reactions | I love a good midlatitude cyclone! #wfaaweather | Pete Delkus | Facebook

116 reactions · 72 shares | GOES-East is watching a large mid-latitude cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere off the tip of South America today. Notice how the Earth's Coriolis effect causes storms here to spin clockwise, while those in the Northern Hemisphere spin counterclockwise. Learn more: scijinks.gov/coriolis | NOAA Satellite and Information Service | Facebook

The first major tropical cyclone of the South Pacific 2020/21 season strengthened further overnight, with Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa currently at Category 5 strength as it heads towards the Fiji Islands. Warnings have been issued by the Fiji Meteorological Service for the two major islands, Vanua Levi and Viti Levi as conditions worsen into Thursday. Very heavy rain leading to flash flooding, winds in excess of 200km/h and dangerous storm surge, will threaten our Pacific neighbours over the co

GOES East viewed a powerful mid-latitude cyclone near Greenland on Nov. 17, 2019, which contained embedded mini-cyclones as well as a phenomenon known as a sting jet. Learn more: go.usa.gov/xp9Uh | NOAA Satellite and Information Service

A GOES-16 IR (10.3 micron) satellite imagery loop of the CONUS showing clusters of showers and thunderstorms associated with Potential T.C. Nine near the Bahamas early this evening, while a rather strong cold front across the central Plains and Midwest is seen producing a broken axis of heavy showers and thunderstorms, including pockets of severe weather and some flash flooding. | NOAA NWS Weather Prediction Center