Typhoon Haiyan
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) (click here) on NASA’s Aqua
satellite acquired this natural color image of Super Typhoon Haiyan as
it approached the east coast of the Philippines. The image was acquired
at 1:25 p.m. local time (4:25 Universal Time) on November 7, 2013.
11 7.10 141.20 11/05/18Z 105 - TYPHOON-3
12 7.40 139.60 11/06/00Z 130 - SUPER TYPHOON-4
13 7.60 138.00 11/06/06Z 135 - SUPER TYPHOON-4
14 7.90 136.20 11/06/12Z 140 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
15 8.20 134.40 11/06/18Z 150 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
16 8.60 132.80 11/07/00Z 150 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
18 10.20 129.10 11/07/12Z 165 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
19 10.60 127.00 11/07/18Z 170 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
20 11.00 124.80 11/08/00Z 160 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
Above:
NOAA Satellite
November 6, 2013
1730 UPC
To right:
November 08, 2013
0315.15 GMT
The Weather Channel Western Pacific Satellite
11:24 AM Friday Nov 8, 2013
...Haiyan (click here) had maximum sustained winds on Friday morning of 315km/h, and gusts of 379km/h, according to the US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Centre.
Masters said the previous record for the strongest typhoon to make landfall was Hurricane Camille, which hit Mississippi in the United States with winds of 305km/h in 1969.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Thursday warned his countrymen to make all possible preparations for Haiyan.
"To our local officials, your constituents are facing a serious peril. Let us do all we can while (Haiyan) has not yet hit land," Aquino said in a nationally televised address.
Aquino warned areas within the 600km typhoon front would be exposed to severe flooding as well as devastating winds, while coastal areas may see waves six metres high.
More than 125,000 people in the most vulnerable areas had been moved to evacuation centres before Haiyan hit, according to the civil defence office, and millions of others braced for the typhoon in their homes....
11 7.10 141.20 11/05/18Z 105 - TYPHOON-3
12 7.40 139.60 11/06/00Z 130 - SUPER TYPHOON-4
13 7.60 138.00 11/06/06Z 135 - SUPER TYPHOON-4
14 7.90 136.20 11/06/12Z 140 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
15 8.20 134.40 11/06/18Z 150 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
16 8.60 132.80 11/07/00Z 150 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
18 10.20 129.10 11/07/12Z 165 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
19 10.60 127.00 11/07/18Z 170 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
20 11.00 124.80 11/08/00Z 160 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
Above:
NOAA Satellite
November 6, 2013
1730 UPC
To right:
November 08, 2013
0315.15 GMT
The Weather Channel Western Pacific Satellite
11:24 AM Friday Nov 8, 2013
...Haiyan (click here) had maximum sustained winds on Friday morning of 315km/h, and gusts of 379km/h, according to the US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Centre.
Masters said the previous record for the strongest typhoon to make landfall was Hurricane Camille, which hit Mississippi in the United States with winds of 305km/h in 1969.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Thursday warned his countrymen to make all possible preparations for Haiyan.
"To our local officials, your constituents are facing a serious peril. Let us do all we can while (Haiyan) has not yet hit land," Aquino said in a nationally televised address.
Aquino warned areas within the 600km typhoon front would be exposed to severe flooding as well as devastating winds, while coastal areas may see waves six metres high.
More than 125,000 people in the most vulnerable areas had been moved to evacuation centres before Haiyan hit, according to the civil defence office, and millions of others braced for the typhoon in their homes....
