For #TimelapseTuesday we're featuring 2-day infrared imagery via Japan's #Himawari9 satellite of #Koinu's path in the Pacific as it approaches Taiwan.

At the last report, #TyphoonKoinu had sustained winds of 110 mph.

Updates: metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.htm…

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Japan's #Himawari9 🛰️ is closely monitoring #TyphoonKoinu off the coast of Taiwan as the sun sets overhead. With sustained winds of around 130 mph, #Koinu is the equivalent of a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane.

Latest: metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.htm…

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This 48-hour recap tracks the large eye of Category 4 Typhoon #Koinu making landfall on the southern tip of Taiwan via microwave satellite imagery. Disrupted by the mountainous landscape, #TyphoonKoinu is now a Category 2 storm headed toward China. tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/

UW-Madison CIMSS

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#Koinu has weakened to a Tropical Storm. This MIMIC path recap from Taiwan to China includes two notable events including how much smaller #TyphoonKoinu became after striking Taiwan and how the storm slowed and seemed to take aim at Hong Kong. tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-ti…

UW-Madison CIMSS

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