Typhoon Neoguri

Credit: Jeff Schmaltz; MODIS team; NASA, Posted on: Monday, 21 April 2008, 06:23 CDT Download full size image

Typhoon Neoguri was nearing its peak strength on April 17, 2008, when the MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image at 1:30 p.m. local time (05:50 UTC). The first typhoon of the 2008 season in the western Pacific, Neoguri was a relatively weak Category 2 storm.

Despite its small size, it was well formed with distinct bands of clouds circling a clear eye. A few hours after this image was taken, Neoguri had winds estimated at 160 kilometers per hour (98 miles per hour or 85 knots) with gusts to 195 km/hr (120 mph or 105 knots). The storm was forecast to weaken as it moved over the South China Sea to eastern Hainan and mainland China. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center predicted that the storm would come ashore over southern China on April 19.

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