Tropical Cyclone Batsirai Satellite Image via JTWC
Tropical Cyclone Batsirai over the South Indian Ocean is moving west at 4 knots with max winds estimated to 115 knots and significant wave heights to 16 meters (52 feet). Batsirai is an intense, highly symmetrical tropical cyclone with a 30 nm wide eye.
Batsirai is moving through a favorable environment with warm SST and low wind shear and is forecast to peak at about 120 knots prior to landfall along the east coast of Madagascar about 1500 UTV/5th.
Tropical Cyclone Batsirai Forecast Track via JTWC
Batsirai will weaken rapidly as it crosses Madagascar, exiting over the Mozambique Channel as a tropical storm but only a modest re-intensification is expected as it turns southward over colder water.
