Typhoon Tip Satellite Image

[Ptarmigan]

Here are Typhoon Tip images I found. Look at between 277 to 292 and click GMS-1.
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b ... ages/1979/

Tip was at her peak on October 12, 1979, which is 285.

Here is the link of Tip at her peak Tip.
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b ... S-1-IR.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b ... S-1-IR.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b ... S-1-IR.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b ... S-1-IR.jpg

A link of Tip on October 14.
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b ... S-1-IR.jpg

A really large storm. It almost touches the equator. It stretches from 30 degrees North to the equator, while it is stretching from 120 to 150 degrees longitude east.

[HurricaneBill]

Tip was at her peak on October 12, 1979, which is 285.

Tip was a "he".

[Category 5]

The images I've been looking for! You are my hero!

I will be honest, not as big as I thought.

[HurricaneBill]

Here's a closer visible satellite image of Tip at his peak.

[Ptarmigan]

The images I've been looking for! You are my hero!

I will be honest, not as big as I thought.

It looks large to me. I even compared it with Gilbert, Floyd, Katrina, and Wilma and they are small compared to Tip.

[Cyclenall]

I've been trying to find those too, they weren't there when I looked last time. This is great.

At peak strength, it looks big but not amazingly large. But the last link in the OP's first post had Tip when it was starting to weaken and it looked like a monster!!

[AnnularCane]

Gorgeous storm! But what kind of a name is Tip?

[Ptarmigan]

I've been trying to find those too, they weren't there when I looked last time. This is great.

At peak strength, it looks big but not amazingly large. But the last link in the OP's first post had Tip when it was starting to weaken and it looked like a monster!!

Yeah, I noticed that too. I think when it weakened, that's when it made its record as being the largest tropical cyclone.

[HurricaneRobert]

[Ed Mahmoud]

What was the other storm in the South China Sea? It looked like a pretty big storm, but nothing compared to Tip.

[Ptarmigan]

What was the other storm in the South China Sea? It looked like a pretty big storm, but nothing compared to Tip.

Typhoon Sarah.

[Cyclenall]

It still doesn't look the size of half the US. Maybe it's because of the shape of the earth, or the deepest convection is all that we are focusing on.

[whereverwx]

It would probably make more sense to compare the size of Tip with the Atlantic, as we are more familiar with systems from that basin. The Northwestern Pacific is large enough to make massive typhoons appear small.

Here are two poorly superimposed images of Tip in the Atlantic:

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[Cyclone1]

Finally a Gibbs image of Tip!

I gotta say, not AS big as I expected...

Definitely bigger than any Atlantic storm I've seen, but not necessarilly all WPAC storms.

For your comparison... 2 big Atlantic hurricanes (Kat and Wilma) and 2 big WPAC typhoons (Tip and Nabi)

All images have the same resolution.








Still, huge.

[Ptarmigan]

Good comparison Cyclone1. I believe size is based on circulation and extent of gale force winds, not cloud base. The cloud base is not as large as one would expect.

Whereverwx, Tip at his peak looks a little larger than Gilbert. However, two days later, it is larger, covering almost all of the Caribbean and Central America. It even stretches into the Pacific.

[HURAKAN]

[Category 5]

I've been trying to find those too, they weren't there when I looked last time. This is great.

At peak strength, it looks big but not amazingly large. But the last link in the OP's first post had Tip when it was starting to weaken and it looked like a monster!!

Yeah, I noticed that too. I think when it weakened, that's when it made its record as being the largest tropical cyclone.

Yes, as it went through an EWRC.

[Category 5]

Could you use the first Tip Image from 10/14? Thats when it was about its biggest.

[HURAKAN]

[HurricaneRobert]

Throw Gilbert in there and it would be a party.