March 2, 2022 - Tropical Cyclone Anika

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Tropical Cyclone Anika
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On March 1, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of
Tropical Cyclone Anika as it moved over Western Australia south of
Broome on its way towards the Indian Ocean. Shortly before this image
was acquired, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) noted that
Anika was carrying gusts of up to 95 km/h (59 mph). Although BoM
categorized the weakened system as an Ex-Cyclone, Anika is expected to
restrengthen over the Indian Ocean. It will also take a southeasterly
turn to make a second landfall over Western Australia.

Tropical Cyclone Anika made its initial landfall over the Kimberly,
near Faraway Bay, Western Australia on February 26, carrying maximum
sustained winds of about 102 km/h (63 mph) and gusts of up to 120 km/h
(74.6 mph). Those wind speeds placed it as a tropical cyclone on the
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and a Category 1 storm on the
Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale. The storm brought down
some trees and raised flood warnings near landfall, but quickly
weakened as it scooted over Western Australia.

Image Facts
Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 3/1/2022
Resolutions: 1km (467.3 KB), 500m (1.5 MB), 250m (4.6 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-03-02

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