NASA Sees Tropical Storm Mujigae Moving Through South China Sea
Tropical Storm Mujigae tracked over the northern Philippines and as it entered the South China Sea, NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of the storm. NASA's RapidScat instrument aboard the International Space Station analyzed the storm's surface winds.
NASA's Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Tropical Storm Mujigae exiting the Philippines on Oct. 2 at 05:25 UTC (1:25 a.m. EDT).
Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response
On October 1, the International Space Station made a pass over Tropical Storm Mujigae just before it made landfall in the Philippines and the RapidScat instrument measured the storm's surface winds. RapidScat saw maximum sustained winds in the northern quadrant of the storm near 24 meters per second (53.6 mph/86.4 kph).
On October 2, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center noted that animated enhanced infrared satellite imagery showed the system had further consolidated as stronger bands of thunderstorms were wrapping into the large circulation center. In addition, microwave data revealed a "semi-closed eye."
On Oct. 1, RapidScat saw maximum sustained winds in the northern quadrant of the storm near 24 meters per second (53.6 mph/86.4 kph).
Credits: NASA JPL, Doug Tyler
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Mujigae exiting the Philippines on Oct. 2 at 05:25 UTC (1:25 a.m. EDT) and moving through the South China Sea. No eye was visible in the image and the storm was almost completely over water, except for the eastern quadrant, which still blanketed part of Luzon. Infrared data, such as that from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument that also flies aboard Aqua, showed that sea surface temperatures in the South China Sea were near 28 to 29 degrees Celsius (82.4 to 84.2 Fahrenheit), which will help re-strengthen the tropical storm as it moves west.
At 1500 UTC (11 a.m. EDT) on Oct.2, Mujigae had maximum sustained winds near 45 knots (51.7 mph/83.3 kph). It was centered near 17.1 North latitude and 117.8 East longitude, about 238 nautical miles northwest of Manila, Philippines. Mujigae was moving to the west-northwest at 14 knots (16.1 mph/25.9 kph).
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center expects Mujigae to strengthen to 60 knots (69 mph/111 kph) by October 4, before it makes landfall in southeastern China, just north of Hainan Island.
Oct. 01, 2015 - NASA Sees New Tropical Storm Affecting the Philippines
Tropical Storm 22W formed quickly just east of the Philippines as NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead on October 1.
When Suomi NPP passed over the newly formed storm at 05:31 UTC (1:31 a.m. EDT), the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard captured a visible image of Tropical Storm 22W centered in the Luzon region of the Philippines. A large, thick band of thunderstorms wrapped into the low-level circulation center from the north and over the Philippine Sea.
On October 1 at 05:31 UTC (1:31 a.m. EDT), the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of newborn Tropical Storm 22W centered in the Luzon area of the Philippines.
Credits: NASA/NOAA/NRL
There are many warnings in effect for October 1 in the Philippines. Public storm warning signal #1 is in effect in the Luzon provinces of Southern Isabela, Ifugao, Mt. Province, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Benguet, Nueva Viscaya, Nueva Ecija, Quirino, Pangasinan, Zambales, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Aurora and Northern Quezon including Polillo Island.
At 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC), Tropical Storm 22W, named "Kabayan" locally, was centered near 15.2 North latitude and 122.7 East longitude, about 105 nautical miles east-northeast of Manila, Philippines. It had maximum sustained winds near 35 knots (40 mph/ 64.8 kph) and was moving to the northwest at 15 knots (17.2 mph/27.7 kph).
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center expects 22W to move across Luzon in a west-northwesterly direction and emerge in the South China Sea. The storm is expected to make a final landfall in southeastern China, north of Hainan Island sometime on October 4.
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center expects 22W to move across Luzon in a west-northwesterly direction and emerge in the South China Sea. The storm is expected to make a final landfall in southeastern China, north of Hainan Island sometime on October 4.
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