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   PID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   September 1, 2022 - Super Typhoon Hinnamnor   
      
      Hinnamor   
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      On August 30, 2022, Super Typhoon Hinnamnor became the strongest   
      typhoon on Earth this year, packing maximum sustained winds of about   
      160 mph (257 km/h) and gusts of up to 190 mph (306 km/h) near the eye   
      wall. At that time, the storm was spinning over the Pacific Ocean about   
      400 miles (644 km) south-southeast of Kyushu Island, Japan and was   
      heading westward. That wind speed places Hinnamnor as a Category 5   
      storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.   
      
      On August 31, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)   
      on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of Hinnamnor   
      bringing rain and winds to the Ryuku Islands. Local media reported that   
      wind gusts in the city of Nanjo on Okinawa Island, the largest of the   
      Ryuku Islands, reached 92 km/h (57 mph) that day.   
      
      At 1500 UTC (11:00 a.m. EDT) on August 31, the Joint Typhoon Warning   
      Center (JTWC) advised that Hinnamnor had been downgraded from a Super   
      Typhoon, with maximum sustained winds of 144 mph (232 km/h), which is a   
      strong Category 4 storm. At that time, wind gusts were reaching 173 mph   
      (278 km/h) and Typhoon Hinnamnor was located about 117 miles (188 km)   
      south of Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan. It was moving   
      south-southwest at 15 mph (24 km/h).   
      
      Typhoon Hinnamnor will be moving into an increasingly complicated and   
      unfavorable environment, with another storm (currently Tropical   
      Depression 13) trying to form to its south. Hinnamnor is expected to   
      slide southward over the next 36 hours but should become nearly   
      stationary around the 24-hour mark. Competing steering ridges to the   
      west and east, along with a ridge building in the south, along with   
      upwelling of cooler water and increasing wind shear should force   
      Typhoon Hinnamnor to weaken steadily. Sometime on September 2, changes   
      in steering ridges are expected to push the storm northward. The JTWC   
      notes that after 72 hours (September 3) there is “notable potential”   
      for Hinnamnor to restrengthen, although it is not expected to reach its   
      former peak intensity.   
      
      The Warning Graphic published by the JTWC on August 31 shows Typhoon   
      Hinnamnor likely making landfall on Ishigakijima (Ishigaki Island) on   
      September 3 with maximum sustained winds of about 120 mph (193 km/h).   
      That would place it as a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson   
      Hurricane Wind Scale. After that time, Hinnamnor’s track is expected to   
      keep it offshore as it churns northward over the East China Sea east of   
      Shanghai, China.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 8/31/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (299.1 KB),  500m (962.1 KB),  250m (2.7 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-09-01   
       
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