September 25, 2021 - Tropical Storm Mindulle

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Tropical Storm Mindulle formed near the Mariana Islands in the Pacific
Ocean on the morning of September 23, 2021. The Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite
acquired a true-color image of the storm on that same day. At that
time, convective bands of the organizing storm reached over Guam and
the Northern Mariana Islands.

At 1500 UTC (11:00 a.m. EDT) on September 24, the Joint Typhoon Warning
Center (JTWC) advised that Mindulle was carrying maximum sustained
winds of 69 mph (111 km/h) with gusts to 86 mph (138 km/h). At that
time, Tropical Storm Mindulle was located about 963 miles (1,550 km)
southeast of Kadena Air Force Base and was tracking northward.

The storm is in favorable environment, with low wind shear and warm sea
surface temperatures. The JTWS expects the storm to rapidly intensify
to reach about 150 mph (241 km/h) by September 27. That would place it
as a strong Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind
Scale. After that time it should begin to weaken as it tracks towards
Japan.

Image Facts
Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 9/23/2021
Resolutions: 1km (444.1 KB), 500m (1.4 MB), 250m (3.9 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=2021-09-25

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