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   September 4, 2022 - Super Typhoon Hinnamnor   
      
      Hinnamnor   
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      For most of 2022, the world’s ocean basins have been relatively quiet   
      and free of tropical cyclones. This week, Super Typhoon Hinnamnor   
      shattered the calm, spinning up to become the first Category 5 cyclone   
      on Earth in 2022 on August 30. The storm has reached maximum sustained   
      winds on both August 30 and again on August 31 as it spun over the   
      Western Pacific Ocean. reaching 160 mph (257 km/h). The path of the   
      storm has been erratic and the potential for landfall has been unclear,   
      but landfall over South Korea appears likely.   
      
      On September 1, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image (below) of   
      Hinnamnor. Though the typhoon appeared to be bearing down on Taiwan in   
      the image, it had actually started to turn north and away from the   
      island.   
      
      On September 1, near the time the MODIS image was acquired, the JTWC   
      advised that Hinnamnor carried maximum sustained winds of about 140 mph   
      (220 km/h) with gusts up to 161 mph (259 km/h). The storm was   
      approximately 373 miles (600 km) south of Okinawa. By the evening of   
      September 2, winds had slowed to 90 mph (150 km/h), with gusts to 115   
      mph (187 km/h). The storm had only moved about 30 miles (50 km).   
      
      At 0300 UTC on September 4 (11:00 p.m. EDT September 3), the JTWC   
      advised that Typhoon Hinnamnor’s maximum sustained winds had dropped to   
      118 mph (190 km/h) with gusts up to 150 mph (241 km/h). That maximum   
      sustained winds place Hinnamnor at Category 3 strength on the   
      Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The storm was located about 206   
      miles (331.5 km) west of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan and was   
      tracking northward at 11.5 mph (17 km/h).   
      
      The JWTC expects Typhoon Hinnamnor to intensify over the next 12 hours   
      as the large storm passes over the warm waters of the East China Sea,   
      reaching about 132 mph (212 km/h) (Category 4) at that time. The   
      current forecast has Typhoon Hinnamnor making landfall on the coast of   
      South Korea, most likely on September 6 and also likely on a weakening   
      trend.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 9/1/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (1.2 MB),  500m (1.3 MB),  250m (3.8 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=2022-09-04   
       
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