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   PID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   May 31, 2023 - Mawar Churns in the Pacific   
      
      Mawar   
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      For most of 2023, the northwest Pacific has been relatively quiet.   
      Typhoon Mawar (also called Betty), the first typhoon of the season,   
      shattered that calm when it lashed the Mariana Islands on May 24 and   
      rapidly intensified to Category 5 strength in the Philippine Sea. With   
      sustained winds that reached 295 kilometers (185 miles) per hour on May   
      25, the super typhoon grew to be one of the strongest May storms on   
      record.   
      
      The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s   
      Aqua satellite acquired this true-color image of Mawar at 05:20   
      Universal Time on May 30, 2023. Though the storm appeared to be bearing   
      down on Taiwan, it was in the process of turning north and away from   
      the island. After rapidly intensifying between May 24 and 25, Mawar   
      then weakened significantly as it encountered cooler water temperatures   
      and less favorable wind shear conditions as it neared Taiwan.   
      
      Around the time of the MODIS image, the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning   
      Center reported that Mawar had sustained winds of 120 kilometers (80   
      miles) per hour, with gusts up to 150 kilometers per hour. Though Mawar   
      did not strike the Philippines or Taiwan directly, the outer bands of   
      the storm brought heavy rains to northern Luzon and rough seas to the   
      eastern coast of Taiwan. Forecasters expected the weakening storm to   
      next move north toward the Sakishima Islands, an island group in   
      southern Japan, and then northeast and away from the Japanese mainland.   
      
      The Western Pacific typhoon season stretches across the entire year,   
      but most storms form between May and October. As of May 30, one named   
      storm and one typhoon had formed so far in 2023.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 5/30/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (449.6 KB),  500m (1.4 MB),  250m (4.1 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=2023-05-31   
       
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