Today is the 11th anniversary of Typhoon #YolandaPH / #Haiyan devastating the #Philippines 🇵🇭 in 2013 and resulting in over 6,300 lives lost. Eleven years on, Yolanda is still the deadliest typhoon during the 21st century.
To mark this date, I am reposting this Day 18 map (Atmosphere) I did for last year’s #30DayMapChallenge.
Attached: 1 image #30DayMapChallenge 🗺️ Day 1️⃣8️⃣: Atmosphere (Took a break to recharge and I’m back and will catch up with the challenge!) I haven’t done any animated map yet, so I figured why not do one now? 😅 This map shows the progression of Public Storm Warning Signals that #PAGASA, the #Philippines’ 🇵🇭 weather bureau, raised over the country as 2013’s #TyphoonYolanda 🌀, also known as #Haiyan, passed through. Additionally the typhoon’s path according to PAGASA and the U.S. JTWC is depicted. #typhoons 1/2
It seems they never interpolated the storm tracks resulting in these weird strings of circles and arcs? And what’s up with the lack of data in the south? While #TropicalCyclones typically don’t form near nor approach the equator, the hard cutoff at around the 6.6°N latitude is an interesting choice.
Anyway, I can spot 2012’s Typhoon #Bopha / #PabloPH in #Mindanao and 2013’s Typhoon #Haiyan / #YolandaPH in the #Visayas, which tells me that they did use historical data.
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Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭
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