Finland’s nuclear power plant sees the haiku form of a tropical depression
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Philippines and saw the formation of the 30th tropical cyclone of the Pacific Northwest typhoon season. On November 9 at 0454 UTC (November 8 at 11:54 PM EST), NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of Tropical Depression Haiku over the central Philippines. The VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument on NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite showed the center of the storm in the Philippine Sea and the western quarter of the storm extending over the central Philippines. Animated enhanced infrared satellite images showed a strengthening low-level circulation center with thunderstorms wrapped around the center.
At 10:00 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC), Tropical Depression Haikui was located near 14.1 degrees north latitude and 120.7 degrees east longitude. This places the center of the movement about 51 nautical miles south-southeast of Manila. Haiki has been tracking west-northwest at a speed of 14 knots (16 mph/26 kmph). Maximum sustained winds were near 35 knots (34.5 mph / 55.5 kmph).
Forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center expect Haikui to move northwest, cross the Philippines and move northwest through the South China Sea. A second landfall is expected over China’s Hainan Island on November 14, followed by a third and final landfall on the southern Chinese mainland.
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