{"id":17858,"date":"2015-07-08T23:39:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T23:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/nasa-sees-powerful-winds-around-typhoon-nangkas-center\/"},"modified":"2015-07-08T23:39:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T23:39:25","slug":"nasa-sees-powerful-winds-around-typhoon-nangkas-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/nasa-sees-powerful-winds-around-typhoon-nangkas-center\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA sees powerful winds around Typhoon Nangka\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- BEGIN EMBEDDED IMAGE --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail pull-right\">\n<figcaption class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>IMAGE:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>On July 7, NASA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s RapidScat instrument observed Nangka\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s strongest winds circling the center and reaching speeds of 35 meters per second (78.9 mph\/126 kph).<br \/>\n       view more <i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"credit\">Credit: Credits: NASA JPL\/Doug Tyler<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- END EMBEDDED IMAGE -->\n<\/p>\n<p>The RapidScat instrument aboard the International Space Station measured Typhoon Nangka\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s powerful winds as it continues to move through the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>On July 8, a Typhoon Warning was in effect for Agrihan, Pagan and Alamagan in the northern Marianas. A Tropical Storm Warning is in force for Saipan and Tinian.<\/p>\n<p>The RapidScat instrument that flies aboard the International Space Station measures surface winds. When it passed over Typhoon Nangka on July 7 from 17:54 to 19:26 UTC (1:54 to 3:26 p.m. EDT), it gathered data on sustained winds. The RapidScat data showed the strongest sustained winds were near 35 meters per second (78.9 mph\/126 kph).<\/p>\n<p>On July 8 at 1500 UTC (11 a.m. EDT), the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) estimated Nangka\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s maximum sustained winds near 115 knots (132.3 mph\/213 kph). Nangka was centered near 16.1 North latitude and 148.6 East longitude, about 196 nautical (225.6 miles\/363 km) east-northeast of Saipan. Nangka was moving to the northwest at 9 knots (10.3 mph\/16\/6 kph). It was generating extremely rough seas and a maximum significant wave height at 36 feet (10.9 meters).<\/p>\n<p>Animated enhanced infrared imagery showed tight bands of thunderstorms spiraling into the 17 nautical mile (19.5 miles\/31.4 km) diameter cloud filled eye.<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) forecast calls for Nangka to continue to move west-northwest, while steadily intensifying. JTWC expects Nangka to strengthen to a Category 4 typhoon on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale, with sustained winds peaking near 125 knots (143.8 mph\/231.5 kph). Nangka is then expected to start on a weakening trend starting on July 10. For updated forecasts, visit the JTWC web page: http:\/\/www.usno.navy.mil\/JTWC\/.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMAGE:\u00c2\u00a0On July 7, NASA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s RapidScat instrument observed Nangka\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s strongest winds circling the center and reaching speeds of 35 meters per second (78.9 mph\/126 kph). view more Credit: Credits: NASA JPL\/Doug Tyler The RapidScat instrument aboard the International Space Station measured Typhoon Nangka\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s powerful winds as it continues to move through the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. On [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}