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A smaller, nearly circular tropical cyclone is also visible in the center of the image, with the brown landmass of Asia to the left. (opens in a new tab)\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1850\" height=\"943\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/the-pacific&apos;s-busy-storm-season\/storm_infa_epic_20261029.jpg?w=1850&amp;h=943&amp;%23038;fit=clip&amp;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-1850x943 size-1850x943\" alt=\"An image of Earth\u2019s Northern Hemisphere shows a long, comma-shaped cloud system curving from the high latitudes near Alaska toward the tropics. A smaller, nearly circular tropical cyclone is also visible in the center of the image, with the brown landmass of Asia to the left.\" style=\"transform: scale(1);transform-origin: 50% 50%;object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tropical cyclone activity in the <a href=\"https:\/\/tropical.atmos.colostate.edu\/Realtime\/index.php?loc=northwestpacific\" rel=\"noopener\">Northwest Pacific Basin<\/a> has been elevated since April 2026, when <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/earth-observatory\/super-typhoon-sinlaku\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sinlaku<\/a> surged to super typhoon strength and battered Micronesia, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Twenty-five named storms later, the basin still hummed with activity in late October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the <a href=\"https:\/\/epic.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">EPIC<\/a> (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nesdis.noaa.gov\/current-satellite-missions\/currently-flying\/dscovr-deep-space-climate-observatory\" rel=\"noopener\">DSCOVR<\/a>\u00a0(Deep Space Climate Observatory) satellite captured this image (above) on October 29, 2026, Super Typhoon <a href=\"https:\/\/rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu\/tc_realtime\/storm.asp?storm_identifier=wp302026\" rel=\"noopener\">In-fa<\/a> churned near the Mariana Islands. At the same time, the remnants of Typhoon <a href=\"https:\/\/rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu\/tc_realtime\/storm.asp?storm_identifier=wp292026\" rel=\"noopener\">Champi<\/a> approached Alaska amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweather.com\/news\/forecasts\/remnants-of-ex-typhoon-champi-track-towards-alaska-followed-by-a-parade-of-storms-nws-issues-winter-storm-warnings.html\" rel=\"noopener\">parade of storms<\/a> moving across the Bering Sea. In-fa is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/hurricane\/super-typhoon-in-fa-is-the-5th-typhoon-to-affect-the-mariana-islands-this-year\/1951092\" rel=\"noopener\">fifth typhoon<\/a> to affect the Mariana Islands this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/aqua\/modis\/\" rel=\"noopener\">MODIS<\/a> (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/terra.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Terra<\/a> satellite captured the image of In-fa below on October 30, when the storm was just west of the island chain. In-fa was unusually intense at the time of the image, with a nearly circular shape and large eye\u2014a collection of characteristics that meteorologists use to identify a subset of tropical cyclones known as <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/1520-0434(2003)018%3C0204:AH%3E2.0.CO;2\" rel=\"noopener\">annular storms<\/a>. These storms typically lack prominent outer spiral-shaped rainbands\u2014a common feature of standard tropical cyclones\u2014which is why meteorologists have a habit of calling annular storms <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VortixWx\/status\/2115798432317329766\">\u201cdoughnuts\u201d<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wxjerdman\/status\/2115409364127563946\">\u201ctruck tires.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Annular storms are rare, accounting for just 4 percent of tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/WAF-D-13-00060.1\" rel=\"noopener\">one analysis<\/a>. Their eyes average about 45 kilometers (30 miles) in diameter, compared to about 25 kilometers for standard tropical cyclones, and the storms typically maintain their strength longer in unfavorable conditions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-wide\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/the-pacific&apos;s-busy-storm-season\/storminfa_tmo_20261030.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"A satellite image shows Typhoon In-fa with a large, well-defined eye and a nearly circular shape over the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. (opens in a new tab)\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/the-pacific&apos;s-busy-storm-season\/storminfa_tmo_20261030.jpg?w=2048&amp;h=1365&amp;%23038;fit=clip&amp;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x1365 size-2048x1365\" alt=\"A satellite image shows Typhoon In-fa with a large, well-defined eye and a nearly circular shape over the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean.\" style=\"transform: scale(1);transform-origin: 50% 50%;object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-fa was still a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/jetstream\/tropical\/tropical-cyclone-introduction\" rel=\"noopener\">tropical cyclone<\/a> when EPIC captured the image at the top of the page, but Champi\u2019s leftovers had gone through the process of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature-index\/topics\/l4\/extratropical-transition-phenomena-in-tropical-cyclones\" rel=\"noopener\">extratropical transition<\/a> and become a whole different type of storm as they entered the Bering Sea\u2019s busy storm track. Tropical cyclones are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/jetstream\/tropical\/tropical-cyclone-introduction#:~:text=warm-core\" rel=\"noopener\">warm-core<\/a> storms fueled by the heat and moisture of warm ocean water, but <a href=\"https:\/\/climas.illinois.edu\/research\/areas\/extratropical-cyclones-and-winter-storms\" rel=\"noopener\">extratropical cyclones<\/a> typically have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hko.gov.hk\/en\/education\/tropical-cyclone\/classification-naming-characteristics\/00146-extratropical-cyclone-vs-tropical-cyclone.html#:~:text=cold-core\" rel=\"noopener\">cold cores<\/a> and draw energy from temperature contrasts between warm and cold air masses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike tropical cyclones, extratropical cyclones typically develop fronts and huge, spiraling cloud bands shaped like <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.eumetrain.org\/satmanu\/CMs\/Comma\/navmenu.php?page=5.0.0\" rel=\"noopener\">commas<\/a>. \u201cOne of the calling cards of extratropical transitions is the expansion of a storm\u2019s wind field,\u201d said Gary Partyka, a meteorologist at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center. \u201cIt\u2019s not that the winds necessarily grow stronger, but they cover a much larger area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this case, there likely would still have been a midlatitude storm over the Bering Sea, possibly with large, comma-shaped clouds on October 30, even without Champi\u2019s remnants, he added. \u201cBut it looks like Champi became intertwined with and helped intensify that system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Champi\u2019s transformation came after a long and destructive tour through the West Pacific, during which the typhoon achieved maximum sustained winds of nearly 300 kilometers (185 miles) per hour, prompting some observers to call it one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/weather\/forecasts\/296-km-h-super-typhoon-champi-is-now-the-strongest-storm-on-earth-in-2026?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"noopener\">strongest storms<\/a> of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite narrowly skirting Taiwan and Guam, the powerhouse storm brought damaging winds and intense rains to both places, as well as to parts of China and Japan. When the remnants hit Alaska, the state avoided catastrophic damage on the scale of what happened after ex-typhoon Halong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/10\/31\/nx-s1-6021471\/ex-typhoon-halong-damages-western-alaska-native-villages-kipnuk\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/10\/31\/nx-s1-6021471\/ex-typhoon-halong-damages-western-alaska-native-villages-kipnuk\" rel=\"noopener\">struck<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/akclimate.org\/ex-typhoon-halong-severe-storm-damage-in-western-alaska\/\" rel=\"noopener\">October 2025<\/a>, but some areas did see high winds and heavy rain and snowfall, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskasnewssource.com\/2026\/10\/30\/high-winds-heavy-rain-move-into-southcentral-close-out-week\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"noopener\">news reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Champi is the fourth ex-typhoon to enter Alaskan waters this year, noted University of Alaska Fairbanks meteorologist and climatologist <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/alaskawx.bsky.social\/post\/3myzu2seao22f\" rel=\"noopener\">Rick Thoman<\/a>, following Bang-Lang in August, Dujuan in September, and Choi-wan in early October. The autumns of 1997 and 2015\u2014both very strong El Ni\u00f1o years\u2014had three each, he added. Roughly 60 ex-typhoons have impacted the state <a href=\"https:\/\/uaf-accap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Typhoon-Halong-Webinar_Nov-2025.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">since 1970<\/a>, according to Thoman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Partyka described 2026 as a \u201cparticularly active year\u201d for Pacific tropical cyclones, increasing the chances that Alaska would be affected by storms that have gone through extratropical transitions. The strong <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/earth-observatory\/el-nino-then-and-now\/\" rel=\"noopener\">El Ni\u00f1o underway<\/a> in the Pacific is a \u201clikely contributor\u201d to the increased activity, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/explore\/el-nino\/\" rel=\"noopener\">El Ni\u00f1o<\/a> is a climate pattern that emerges roughly every two to seven years, marked by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific. In the Northwest Pacific, the phenomenon tends to cause storms to more readily curve northward rather than continuing westward to East Asia and Southeast Asia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/el-nino-explained-how-the-weather-pattern-affects-hurricanes-and-tropical-storms\/a-79382511\" rel=\"noopener\">some experts say<\/a>, bringing more storms toward Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using data from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/epic.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">DSCOVR EPIC<\/a>\u00a0and MODIS data from NASA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthdata.nasa.gov\/data\/projects\/lance\" rel=\"noopener\">EOSDIS LANCE<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">GIBS\/Worldview<\/a>.\u00a0Story by Adam Voiland.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-featured-file-list bg-spacesuit-white padding-x-2 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-4 padding-y-5 desktop:padding-y-6 hds-module align wp-block-nasa-blocks-file-list\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row width-full margin-bottom-4\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-22\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDownloads\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-row hds-file-list-row\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail hds-file-list-thumbnail\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail-inner hds-file-list-thumbnail-inner hds-cover-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/the-pacific&apos;s-busy-storm-season\/storminfa_epic_20261029_lrg.jpg\/jcr:content\/renditions\/cq5dam.thumbnail.319.319.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"An image of Earth\u2019s Northern Hemisphere shows a long, comma-shaped cloud system curving from the high latitudes near Alaska toward the tropics. A smaller, nearly circular tropical cyclone is also visible in the center of the image, with the brown landmass of Asia to the left.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1);transform-origin: 51% 50%;object-position: 51% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"lazy\" data-video-loop=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-details\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-name hds-file-list-name\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-22\">October 29, 2026<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-meta\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-meta-item hds-list-date hds-file-list-date\">\n<p class=\"p-sm\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-meta-item hds-file-list-filetype\">\n<p class=\"p-sm\">JPEG (2.12 MB)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-cta hds-file-list-download\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Download October 29, 2026\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/the-pacific&apos;s-busy-storm-season\/storminfa_epic_20261029_lrg.jpg\" download rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-row hds-file-list-row\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail hds-file-list-thumbnail\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail-inner hds-file-list-thumbnail-inner hds-cover-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/the-pacific&apos;s-busy-storm-season\/storminfa_tmo_20261030_lrg.jpg\/jcr:content\/renditions\/cq5dam.thumbnail.319.319.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A satellite image shows Typhoon In-fa with a large, well-defined eye and a nearly circular shape over the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2);transform-origin: 50% 50%;object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"lazy\" data-video-loop=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-details\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-name hds-file-list-name\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-22\">October 30, 2026<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-meta\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-meta-item hds-list-date hds-file-list-date\">\n<p class=\"p-sm\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-meta-item hds-file-list-filetype\">\n<p class=\"p-sm\">JPEG (2.63 MB)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-cta hds-file-list-download\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Download October 30, 2026\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/the-pacific&apos;s-busy-storm-season\/storminfa_tmo_20261030_lrg.jpg\" download rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References &#038; Resources <\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AccuWeather (2026, October 26) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/hurricane\/super-typhoon-in-fa-is-the-5th-typhoon-to-affect-the-mariana-islands-this-year\/1951092\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Typhoon In-fa is the 5th typhoon to affect the Mariana Islands this year<\/a>. 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