HAPPENINGS THIS 28 MAY 2017

A large storm. already affecting fourteen states, marches eastward across the south-central USA this 28 May 2017. (NOAA GOES EAST)

Disturbed weather is everywhere. A huge storm, now affecting fourteen states across the south-central USA, has been moving eastward with damaging winds, possible tornadoes, severe lightning, hail, and heavy rains.

A strengthening Tropical Storm TWO moves toward Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal (HIMAWARI-8 Satellite image)

Projected track for Tropical Storm TWO in the Bay of Bengal, on 28 May 2017 (Courtesy, U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research)

On the other side of the planet in the Bay of Bengal, a large and strengthening Tropical Storm TWO is moving generally north toward Bangladesh. Flooding is expected in the low-laying coastal regions of Bangladesh, and possibly northeastern India and northwestern Burma. There is also a large cell of disturbed weather over the South China Sea, between the Philippines and Vietnam, which is showing some cyclonic tendencies meriting investigation and close monitoring.

Large disturbed weather cell over the South China Sea is being monitored for possible cyclonic development. (HIMAWARI-8 Satellite)

A large region from Southern Mexico to Panama and waters of the eastern east Pacific has been under a conglomerate of stormy weather cells, which have been causing extreme rain, severe lightning, and instances of flooding throughout the area for the past few days. This has brought much-needed rain to alleviate drought conditions in Nicaragua and other Central American countries, but at the price of damaging flash floods and winds.

GOES EAST satellite image of 28 May 2017, shows stormy weather ranging from the eastern Atlantic off the coast of equatorial Africa, to a vast region encompassing Southern Mexico, Central America, Panama, northern Colombia, and waters of the eastern east Pacific. (NOAA)

Hurricane alley just north of the equator is filling up with storms and disturbed weather cells, generated by tropical waves emerging from equatorial Africa, all the way from eastern Atlantic waters to the Caribbean.

It is clear we need to be prepared and remain alert. MITIGATE!