Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A bust of westerly winds in mid-march 2015 spawned a pair of tropical cyclones on either side of the equator: Category 5 Pam in the Southern Hemisphere and Tropical Storm Bavi in the Northern Hemisphere. Animation of clouds based on IR data from the Japan Meteorological Agency's MTSAT-2 satellite, overlaid on a NASA Blue Marble. Unless specifically stated otherwise, Climate.gov video productions can be freely republished or re-purposed by others.
A bust of westerly winds in mid-march 2015 spawned a pair of tropical cyclones on either side of the equator: Category 5 Pam in the Southern Hemisphere and Tropical Storm Bavi in the Northern Hemisphere. Animation of clouds based on IR data from the Japan Meteorological Agency's MTSAT-2 satellite, overlaid on a NASA Blue Marble. Unless specifically stated otherwise, Climate.gov video productions can be freely republished or re-purposed by others.
