There's double trouble in the Indian Ocean today, with a pair of counter-rotating tropical cyclones spinning away on either side of the Equator. In the Southern Hemisphere, we have Tropical Cyclone Jamala , a tropical storm with 45 mph winds that is headed southwards at 3 mph. Jamala is expected to intensify into a Category 1 storm over the weekend, but is not a threat to any land areas. In the Northern Hemisphere, it's Tropical Cyclone 01B , a tropical storm with 40 mph winds that is dumping heavy rains over western Sumatra. This storm much larger and far more dangerous than its Southern Hemisphere twin brother. Cyclone 01B is under high wind shear of 20 - 30 knots, which is keeping the system disorganized, with the heaviest thunderstorms displaced from the center of rotation. However, Cyclone 01B is expected to move generally northwestwards over the next few days through the Bay of Bengal, where wind shear is lower and ocean temperatures are an exceptionally ...