Figure 2

(a) 6 h Medicane Apollo track between 23 October 2021 12:00 UTC to 2 November 2021 06:00 UTC (blue dots); Medicane daily positions at 12:00 UTC are circled in red. Time series of (b) MSLP and cyclonic depth (i.e. a metric for the cyclone intensity) derived from ERA5, (c) SLP and current speed derived from drifter IMEI 300234067977120. Cumulative heat losses (d) and precipitation (e) in the period 27–30 October 2021.