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February 6, 2025 - Tropical Cyclone Taliah
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Tropical Cyclone Taliah formed in the Indian Ocean west of Timor-Leste on February 1, 2025. The third named cyclone of the 2024/2025 Australian season, Taliah began to strengthen as it moved westward, away from the Australian mainland.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image of Tropical Cyclone Taliah spinning west of Australia on February 4.
Near the time this image was acquired, Taliah was near peak strength, carrying maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (161 km/h), placing it as the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and a Category 3 storm on the Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale. It was located about 790 kilometers (490 miles) north northwest of Exmouth and 800 kilometers (497 miles) southeast of Christmas Island and was moving to the west at 18 kilometers per hour (11 mph), according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).
Taliah is expected to remain a tropical cyclone through at least February 10. Although wind speeds may fluctuate, the BoM forecasts it is likely to remain a severe tropical cyclone in the coming days. There is high confidence that Taliah will not impact land.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 2/4/2025
Resolutions:
1km (482.8 KB), 500m (1.5 MB),
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Tropical Cyclone Taliah formed in the Indian Ocean west of Timor-Leste on February 1, 2025. The third named cyclone of the 2024/2025 Australian season, Taliah began to strengthen as it moved westward, away from the Australian mainland.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image of Tropical Cyclone Taliah spinning west of Australia on February 4.
Near the time this image was acquired, Taliah was near peak strength, carrying maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (161 km/h), placing it as the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and a Category 3 storm on the Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale. It was located about 790 kilometers (490 miles) north northwest of Exmouth and 800 kilometers (497 miles) southeast of Christmas Island and was moving to the west at 18 kilometers per hour (11 mph), according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).
Taliah is expected to remain a tropical cyclone through at least February 10. Although wind speeds may fluctuate, the BoM forecasts it is likely to remain a severe tropical cyclone in the coming days. There is high confidence that Taliah will not impact land.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 2/4/2025
Resolutions:
1km (482.8 KB), 500m (1.5 MB),
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
