June 2, 2021 - Tropical Storm Choi-wan

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   Tropical Storm Choi-wan
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   On May 31, 2021, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
   (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of
   newly-formed Tropical Storm Choi-Wan (Dante) as it spun north-westward
   over the Philippine Sea heading towards landfall in the Philippines. At
   the time the image was acquired, Choi-Wan was an intensifying system
   with a cloud-filled center of circulation.

   According to the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS),
   Tropical Storm Choi-Wan reached peak strength on May 31 when it sported
   one-minute maximum sustained winds of 94 km/h (58 mph). It has weakened
   as it moved into the Philippines, with the Joint Typhoon Warning Center
   (JTWC) reporting maximum sustained winds of 55.5 km/h (34.5 mph) at
   0300 UTC on June 2 (11:00 p.m. EDT June 1). At that time, Tropical
   Depression Choi-Wan (Dante) was located about 158 miles (254 km)
   southeast of Manila, Philippines and was moving west-northwestward.
   Maximum significant wave height was reported at 14 feet (4.3 meters).

   On June 1, Tropical Depression Choi-Wan made landfall over the
   municipality of Sulat, Eastern Samar on the island of Samar in the
   Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. About 4.5 hours later,
   Choi-Wan struck the municipality of Cataingan, Masbate Island, which
   sits near the center of the Philippine archipelago. By the morning of
   June 2, the storm was heading towards the island of Romblon. The track
   of the storm brings it across the island of Luzon, Philippines, close
   to the city of Manila late on June 2 before moving out of the
   Philippines.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 5/31/2021
   Resolutions:  1km (567.8 KB),  500m (1.7 MB),  250m (4.8 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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