September 14, 2021 - Typhoon Chanthu approaching China
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Typhoon Chanthu was spinning over the East China Sea off the central
coast of China on September 13, 2021. According to the Joint Typhoon
Warning Center (JTWC), at 21:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. EDT) the center of the
storm was located about 352 miles (566 km) south-southwest of Kunsan
Air Force Base, South Korea. Maximum sustained winds remained near 75
mph (120 km/h), placing it as a weak Category 1 storm on the
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
The storm is expected to make landfall in or pass very close to the
coast of Zhejiang over the next 24 hours. Several media outlets
reported that China cancelled flights and trains in Shanghai ahead of
the storm’s close approach expected on September 14. After that time,
Chanthu is forecast to turn northeastwards and likely weaken before
reaching the southern coast of South Korea on September 16-17.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board
NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of Typhoon Chanthu
making a close approach to China on September 13. At that time, the
large storm had a cloud-filled center and asymmetrical shape. Large
convective bands surrounded the center, stretching more than 1,000 km
(620 mi) to the northeast, covering parts of Japan with cloud and rain.
In contrast, the heavy banding to the southwest of center spanned only
about half of that distance.
Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 9/13/2021
Resolutions: 1km (523.5 KB), 500m (1.6 MB), 250m (4.6 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=2021-09-14
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