NASA's sighting of hot towers indicated Typhoon Vicente's rapid intensification
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 12:02
in Earth & Climate
Rapid intensification of tropical cyclones is still somewhat of a mystery to forecasters, but one marker that NASA scientists confirmed is when "hot towers" appear within a tropical cyclone as they did in Typhoon Vicente before it exploded in strength on July 23. Vicente made landfall in southern China on July 23.