November 7, 2020 - Tropical Storm Atsani

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   On November 5, 2020, Tropical Storm Atsani was spinning in the
   Philippine Sea east of Taiwan when the Moderate Resolution Imaging
   Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this
   true-color image. The asymmetric storm’s northwestern convective bands
   were just offshore of the island of Taiwan while the southwest quadrant
   remained offshore of the island of Luzon, Philippines.

   At 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. EST) on November 5, Atsani carried maximum
   1-minute sustained winds of 65 mph (130 km/h) and was located about 153
   miles east of Itbayat, Philippines. According to the Philippine
   Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
   (PAGASA), Tropical Storm Atsani (also known as Siony) made landfall on
   Misanga Island in Batanes province, Philippines, on the morning of
   November 6, carrying sustained winds of 95 km/h (59 mph) and gusts of
   up to 115 km/h (71.5 mph). Strong winds and rains have been reported in
   the Philippines, but no casualties from Atsani. It is the twentieth
   named storm of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season and the nineteenth storm
   to strike the Philippines this season.

   According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) Tropical Storm
   Atsani is expected to continue tracking slowly west-northwestward
   through early November 7, after which it is expected to make a sharp
   southwestward turn as it weakens, then dissipates in the next few days.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 11/5/2020
   Resolutions:  1km (328.3 KB),  500m (1 MB),  250m (3.1 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2020-11-07
 
