{"id":21552,"date":"2016-07-07T23:59:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T23:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=21552"},"modified":"2016-10-19T21:46:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T21:46:39","slug":"super-typhoon-nepartak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/21552","title":{"rendered":"Super Typhoon Nepartak"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Track of Super Typhoon Nepartak (03 to 07 July 2016) [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>Super Typhoon Nepartak<\/strong><\/a> (02W) formed as a tropical depression in the West Pacific Ocean south of Guam on 02-03 July 2016, and tracked northwestward until making landfall in southern Taiwan on 07 July (above)<\/strong><\/em>. Nepartak rapidly intensified to a Category 4<\/strong><\/a> storm on 05 July, peaking at Category 5 intensity on 06 July (ADT<\/strong><\/a> | SATCON wind<\/strong><\/a> | SATCON pressure<\/strong><\/a>). Two factors helping the storm to reach and maintain Category 5 intensity for a relatively long period of time were (1) the passage over water having large Ocean Heat Content and Sea Surface Temperature<\/strong><\/a> values, and (2) an environment characterized by low deep-layer wind shear (06 July\/15 UTC<\/strong><\/a> | 07 July\/21 UTC<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"Himawari-8<\/a>

Himawari-8 Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>2.5-minute interval rapid-scan Himawari-8 Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> and Infrared Window (10.4 \u00b5m) images (below)<\/strong><\/em> showed the formation of a well-defined eye with an annular storm structure early in the day on 07 July. The eye became less organized as Nepartak approached the island of Taiwan and made landfall as a Category 4 typhoon around 2150 UTC.<\/p>\n

\"Himawari-8<\/a>

Himawari-8 Infrared Window (10.4 \u00b5m) images [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>Surface observations (plot<\/strong><\/a> | text<\/strong><\/a>) from Feng Nin airport (station identifier RCFN<\/strong>) in Taitung City showed sustained winds of 70 knots (81 mph) with a gust to 99 knots (114 mph) from the north-northeast at 21 UTC, and a pressure of 964.0 hPa (27.47″). iCyclone chaser Josh Morgerman recorded a minimum pressure of 957.7 hPa at 2043 UTC (4:43 am local time) in Taitung City:<\/p>\n

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If you missed it: my pressure trace from #Typhoon<\/a> #NEPARTAK<\/a>, using @KestrelWeather<\/a> Meter. Eye passed just S of city. pic.twitter.com\/qqUVNBbyBK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Josh Morgerman (@iCyclone) July 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n