October 31, 2020 - Super Typhoon Goni

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   On October 30, 2020, Super Typhoon Goni was moving westward over the
   Philippine Sea as it intensified to become the strongest storm of 2020.
   At 11:00 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) on that day, Goni’s one-minute sustained
   winds registered 180 mph (290 km/h), making it a Category 5 storm on
   the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The Moderate Resolution
   Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite
   acquired a true-color image of Super Typhoon Goni that same day.

   According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Goni is expected
   to continue to track generally southwestward to south-southwestward
   over the next 24 hours. While the environment remains favorable for
   development, the JTWC forecasts a general weaking of the storm thanks
   to a steering ridge that will interact with the storm, and increasing
   wind shear should also contribute to weakening prior to landfall along
   the coast of Luzon, Philippines, on November 1. Wind speeds at landfall
   are estimated as high as 138 mph (222 km/h), a Category 4 storm.

   The track of Super Typhoon Goni follows close in the wake of Typhoon
   Molave, which struck the Philippines on October 25. Molave caused
   widespread damage, with at least a million people impacted, 300,000
   evacuations, and 16 people dead in the Philippines.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Aqua
   Date Acquired: 10/30/2020
   Resolutions:  1km (366.9 KB),  500m (1.1 MB),  250m (3.1 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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