Chris Dolce
Published: July 6,2016
Satellites are giving us a look at the fierce power of
dangerous Super Typhoon Nepartak. On Wednesday, the super typhoon had
maximum sustained winds estimated to be 175 mph by the U.S. military's
Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), making it the strongest storm in
the Northern Hemisphere so far in 2016.
Given the tropical
cyclone's extreme intensity, satellite images of it have been
fascinating for many meteorologists sharing them on social media. Here
are some of those jaw-dropping images.
(MORE: Latest on Nepartak)
This
first image in our collection shows Nepartak in incredible detail as a
super typhoon on Wednesday. The image is from the Visible Infrared
Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor aboard the NASA Suomi NPP
satellite.
Credit: NOAA/NASA RAMMB/CIRA
Japan's
Himawari-8 satellite captured this geocolor image of Super Typhoon
Nepartak (lower right) and the city lights of southeast Asia (left).
Credit: JMA and RAMMB/CIRA
This
is an up-close 250-meter resolution visible satellite view of
Nepartak's eye Wednesday from NASA's Modis Aqua satellite. Visible
satellite imagery shows how the typhoon would look if you were in space
viewing it with your naked eye. Notice how you can see the ocean's
surface through the eye.
Credit: NASA
Nepartak's cyclonic (counterclockwise) wind flow around its eye is illustrated by the next two images taken Wednesday.
Here is another visible satellite image of Nepartak near its peak intensity on Wednesday.
Credit: NOAA/NASA RAMMB/CIRA
To see that image animated, click the play button below.
Shown in this image is the eyewall of Nepartak when it first became the
equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane
late Tuesday U.S. time. Although no earth-based radar sites were
available at that time, microwave imagery from satellites can give you a
good idea of what the eyewall looks like.
Credit: NRL
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