Finland’s nuclear power plant watches Typhoon Haimaa moving to the Philippines
On October 17, at 12:30 a.m. EDT (4:30 p.m. UTC), NASA-NOAA’s Finland nuclear power plant satellite took a visible view of Typhoon Haima, which was moving in the northwestern Pacific. Credit: NOAA / NASA Rapid Reaction Team
NASA-NOAA’s Finland-nuclear power plant satellite gave a visible picture of the powerful typhoon Haima as it continued to move west-northwest in the northwest Pacific. The pancreas is predicted to affect the northern Philippines, where it is known as Lawin.
On October 15, a 25W tropical depression formed and intensified into a tropical storm in Haima southwest of Guam.
On October 17, at 12:30 p.m. EDT (4:30 p.m. UTC), NASA-NOAA’s Finland nuclear power plant satellite passed over Haima and provided a visible light image of the storm. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on NASA-NOAA’s Finland Nuclear Power Plant satellite showed a pinhole eye covered with clouds and surrounded by strong thunderstorms. A large thunderstorm extended from north to east of the orbit.
At 5.00 EDT (0900 UTC) the main wind in the pancreas was close to 115 knots / 213 km / h. This makes Haima a major hurricane, Class 4, on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
The pancreas was concentrated near 13.8 degrees north latitude and 134.5 degrees east longitude, about 787 miles east of Manila, Philippines. It was moving west-northwest at 12.6 mph (11 knots / 20.5 km / h).
According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecast, Haima will move from west-northwest to northwest and accelerate to speeds of up to 140 knots / 259 km / h on October 18th.
After moving to northern Luzon, Philippines, Haiman is expected to land in mainland China, northeast of Hong Kong.
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