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   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   June 3, 2023 - Mawar Weakens off Japan   
      
      Mawar   
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      On June 2, 2023, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      a much-weakened Tropical Storm Mawar spinning in the Philippine Sea off   
      the coast of Japan. Near the time the image was acquired, maximum   
      sustained winds were estimated near 50 mph (80.5 km/h) and it was   
      traveling towards the northeast, roughly parallel to the main islands   
      of Japan. It is expected to continue to weaken as it moves away from   
      land and becomes extratropical on June 3, when maximum sustained winds   
      should register only 40 mph (64.4 km/h).   
      
      Mawar (also known as Betty) clipped northern Guam on May 24 as a   
      Violent Typhoon carrying maximum sustained winds of 135 mph (217 km/h),   
      which is the equivalent of a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson   
      Hurricane Wind Scale. It rapidly intensified, reaching peak strength on   
      May 25 as a Super Typhoon, with maximum sustained winds estimated at   
      185 mph (298 km/h)—an extremely strong Category 5 storm. The only other   
      West Pacific Typhoon to become that strong in the month of May occurred   
      in 1958, when Typhoon Phyllis reached that windspeed for a brief   
      period.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 6/2/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (376.6 KB),  500m (1.1 MB),  250m (3.3 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=2023-06-03   
       
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