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September 27, 2022 - Super Typhoon Noru
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After undergoing extremely rapid intensification, Super Typhoon Noru slammed into the Philippines on September 25, 2022. The storm first struck the Polillo Islands carrying maximum sustained winds of about 130 mph (209 km/h), or the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Noru then made a second landfall about 55 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Manila on the populous island of Luzon.
According to ReliefWeb, Super Typhoon Noru (locally called Karding) was the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. At least six people have died—five of which were emergency responders. The storm also knocked out power to two provinces and forced the evacuation of at least 75,000 people.
The storm showed stunning rapid intensification on September 24, with maximum sustained winds leaping from 85 mph (137 km/h) to 155 mph (249 km/h) in only six hours. That is the equivalent of an Atlantic hurricane strengthening from a minor Category 1 storm to a strong Category 5 storm. Meteorologists have only recorded a handful of storms that have ever intensified so much so quickly. The technical definition of “rapid intensification” of a tropical cyclone is a storm with winds that increase by at least 55 kilometers (35 miles) per hour in a 24-hour period.
On September 26, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of Super Typhoon Noru spinning over the South China Sea after crossing the island of Luzon, Philippines. Near that time, maximum sustained winds had dropped to about 90 mph (145 km/h), which is the equivalent of a Category 1 storm.
At 11:00 p.m. EDT on September 26 (0300 UTC on September 27), the Joint Typhoon Warning Center advised that Typhoon Noru was located about 590 miles (950 km) west of Manila, Philippines and was tracking westward at 19.5 mph (31 km/h). The storm was rapidly intensifying a second time, with winds estimated at 144 mph (232 km/h), which is Category 4 strength.
Over the next 24 hours, Noru will be encountering increasing vertical wind shear, which should cause the winds to drop somewhat before making landfall in central Vietnam on September 27-28.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 9/26/2022
Resolutions:
1km (544.8 KB), 500m (1.7 MB), 250m (5 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
After undergoing extremely rapid intensification, Super Typhoon Noru slammed into the Philippines on September 25, 2022. The storm first struck the Polillo Islands carrying maximum sustained winds of about 130 mph (209 km/h), or the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Noru then made a second landfall about 55 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Manila on the populous island of Luzon.
According to ReliefWeb, Super Typhoon Noru (locally called Karding) was the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. At least six people have died—five of which were emergency responders. The storm also knocked out power to two provinces and forced the evacuation of at least 75,000 people.
The storm showed stunning rapid intensification on September 24, with maximum sustained winds leaping from 85 mph (137 km/h) to 155 mph (249 km/h) in only six hours. That is the equivalent of an Atlantic hurricane strengthening from a minor Category 1 storm to a strong Category 5 storm. Meteorologists have only recorded a handful of storms that have ever intensified so much so quickly. The technical definition of “rapid intensification” of a tropical cyclone is a storm with winds that increase by at least 55 kilometers (35 miles) per hour in a 24-hour period.
On September 26, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of Super Typhoon Noru spinning over the South China Sea after crossing the island of Luzon, Philippines. Near that time, maximum sustained winds had dropped to about 90 mph (145 km/h), which is the equivalent of a Category 1 storm.
At 11:00 p.m. EDT on September 26 (0300 UTC on September 27), the Joint Typhoon Warning Center advised that Typhoon Noru was located about 590 miles (950 km) west of Manila, Philippines and was tracking westward at 19.5 mph (31 km/h). The storm was rapidly intensifying a second time, with winds estimated at 144 mph (232 km/h), which is Category 4 strength.
Over the next 24 hours, Noru will be encountering increasing vertical wind shear, which should cause the winds to drop somewhat before making landfall in central Vietnam on September 27-28.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 9/26/2022
Resolutions:
1km (544.8 KB), 500m (1.7 MB), 250m (5 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
