October 29, 2021 - Typhoon Malou
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Typhoon Malou formed over the Pacific Ocean east of Guam, reaching
tropical storm strength on October 24. By October 28, maximum sustained
winds had peaked at approximately 97.5 mph (157 km/h), placing it as a
Category 1 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
At 11:00 p.m. EDT on October 28 (0300 UTC October 29), the Joint
Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) advised that Typhoon Malou’s maximum
sustained winds had dropped to about 86.5 mph (134 km/h) and was
located about 244 miles (393 km) northeast of Chichijima, Japan.
Formerly known as Peel Island, Chichi Jima is the largest island in the
Ogasawara archipelago.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board
NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of Typhoon Malou
moving over the Ogasawara Islands on October 28. At the time the image
was captured, the center of the storm was southwest of the archipelago
while heavy convective bands reached over the islands. Local news
reported that gusts of 130 km/h (81 mph) were recorded on Chichijima
and 165.5 mm (6.5 in) in 17 hours. That’s more rain than the monthly
average for October on the island.
Typhoon Malou is expected to continue to weaken as it heads northeast
over the Pacific Ocean. Winds are forecast to drop to 46 mph (74 km/h)
by late October 29 as Malou merges with a frontal boundary and moves
over cooler waters. JTWC terminates its forecast for the storm on
October 29 as Malou becomes a gale-force extratropical cyclone well
east of Hokkaido, Japan. No further impact with land is expected.
Image Facts
Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 10/28/2021
Resolutions: 1km (617.1 KB), 500m (1.9 MB), 250m (5.2 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=2021-10-29
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