
MosaIc of satellite images of 21 August 2015 showing Hurricane DANNY tracking WNW toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and a low pressure disturbance near Bermuda in the Atlantic basin
The northern hemisphere tropics are seeing plenty of cyclonic activity on this Friday 21 August 2015.
In the Atlantic basin there is Hurricane DANNY, the first hurricane and fourth-named storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, riding ‘hurricane alley’ moving WNW in the general direction of the Virgin Island, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola beyond that. There is also a disturbance around a low pressure area in the vicinity of Bermuda, which is being investigated by the National Hurricane Center for signs of potential cyclonic development

Mosaic of satellite images of 21 August 2015 over the Pacific basin showing two strong typhoons over the northwestern Pacific, and two tropical depressions over the central Pacific
Over the Pacific basin strong twin typhoons GONI now moving between the Philippines and Taiwan before an expected turn toward southern Japan, and ATSANI approaching southern Japan and beginning to also turn toward the north.
Also in the Pacific there are twin tropical depressions THREE and FOUR in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands.
Except for DANNY and GONI none of the other active cyclones pose any danger to land for now.
Stored heat in the tropical northern oceans is quite high now, so one important contributor to cyclogenesis is present waiting for other triggers that may generate future tropical cyclones as we reach the historical peaks of hurricane seasons in these basins.
12:00 NOON UPDATE
![Color-enhanced infrared satellite image [NOAA] of 08/21/2015 showing a now Category 2 Hurricane DANNY, the low pressure disturbance being investigated by the NHC near Bermuda, and a new tropical wave just emerging over the eastern Atlantic south of the Cape Verde Islands and also being investigated by the NHC!](https://i0.wp.com/mitigat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/0821at1100irDANNY22.jpg?resize=640%2C386)
Color-enhanced infrared satellite image [NOAA] of 08/21/2015 showing a now Category 2 Hurricane DANNY, the low pressure disturbance being investigated by the NHC near Bermuda, and a new tropical wave just emerging over the eastern Atlantic south of the Cape Verde Islands and also being investigated by the NHC!
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