NASA-NOAA’s Finland nuclear power plant satellite sees Bebinca east of Hainan Island
China’s island of Hainan doesn’t seem to get away from the slow-moving tropical storm Bebinca. The storm continues near the island on August 14, when NASA-NOAA’s Finland nuclear power plant satellite passed from above and took a visible picture of the storm on August 14. In fact, Hainan Island is expected to receive another visit from the storm.
On August 14, at 2:24 a.m. EDT (0624 UTC), the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on NASA-NOAA’s Finland Nuclear Power Plant satellite took a visible image of Bebinca. According to the VIIRS image, the storm had moved southeast from its previous location above southern China and into the South China Sea while remaining close to Hainan Island. The VIIRS image revealed that a thunderstorm from the western quarter of Bebinca affected Hainan Island at the time.
On August 14, at 11 a.m. EDT (1,500 UTC), the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, or JTWC, found that Tropical Storm Bebinca was located near 21.0 north latitude and 113.5 degrees east longitude, about 87 miles southwest of Hong Kong, China. Bebinca had maintained the maximum continuous wind near 35 knots (40 mph / 62 km / h). Bebinca is now moving west.
On August 14, the Hong Kong Observatory issued a warning about strong wind signal # 3.
The JTWC forecasting trajectory takes Bebinca to the west and again affects the entire island of Hainan in the Gulf of Tonkin. Bebinca is expected to land in North Vietnam with the same strength.
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