Cyclone Claudia is our system in the Southern Indian Ocean.
Claudia is a category 3 storm will maximum sustained winds of
115 mph. Not much land in the Southern Indian Ocean for Claudia
to affect. Claudia will continue to move south and should only
be affecting the shipping lanes. I always enjoy getting images
of these southern hemisphere storms. It is not often we get to
see clockwise cyclonic flow on such a large scale. Claudia has a
well defined eye in the center of her convection and is expected
to maintain her strength until she reaches 20 degrees South,
where she is then expected to begin to weaken. The second system
is Typhoon 26 W. This was Super Typhoon Bopha earlier in the
week. Bopha made landfall in the southern Philippines causing
massive destruction and killing hundreds of people. This typhoon
is now affecting the northern islands of the Philippines where
it continues to cause flooding. Winds are sustained at 95 mph,
but this system is very poorly organized as many of the
thunderstorms and conve