NASA-NOAA’s Finland nuclear power plant satellite receives infrared image of Typhoon Tram
Typhoon Trami looked awesome in infrared images taken from NASA-NOAA’s Finland nuclear power plant satellite as it moved to the southern islands of Japan.
NASA-NOAA’s Finland nuclear power plant satellite provided forecasters with a night and infrared image of the Tram clouds on September 25 at 1724 UTC (13:24 EDT). The cloudy temperature near the eye of the storm was close to 190 Kelvin / minus 117.7 degrees Fahrenheit / minus 83.5 degrees. Cold cloud cover can produce heavy rains.
Images were created by William Straka III of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, a collaborative institute of Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC). Straka said: “Infrared images showed a wide eye along with obvious convection and tropospheric gravity waves.”
At 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) the center of Tram was located near latitude 21.3 north latitude and 129.3 west longitude. It is about 321 miles southeast of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. The maximum sustained wind is close to 103 knots (90 knots / 166 km / h) and more in gusts.
According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecast, Trami will weaken slowly as the storm moves slowly north. The storm intensifies again to 110 knots, after which it becomes tropical. The typhoon becomes tropical as it passes Honshu.
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