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  1. Tropical cyclones #Humberto and #Imelda are developing in the Atlantic off the coast of the United States.

    These two nearby low-pressure systems are interacting and will merge, a phenomenon known as the Fujiwara effect, which occurs very rarely.

    Last night the chinese satellite #HY-2C captured the two systems in a single swath of his #HSCAT instrument. Our team at @knmi retrieved the wind from these data, allowing us to observe the phenomenon.