NW PACIFIC OCEAN *Full Update* Dangerous Super Typhoon Koppu Making Landfall in Luzon, Philippines
Powerful super typhoon Koppu was making landfall in eastern Luzon, Philippines on October 17 when NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead and looked at the storm in infrared light. Koppu is a powerful Category Four storm on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale and its slow movement across Luzon on the next several days is expected to create dangerous inland flooding from heavy rainfall. Koppu is known locally in the Philippines as "Lando" and has triggered many warnings.
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite looked at the super typhoon on October 17 at 1804 UTC (2:04 p.m. EDT). The infrared VIIRS image showed powerful thunderstorms wrapping around the center of circulation with cloud top temperatures as cold as -81F/-63C/210K.
At 2100 UTC (5 p.m. EDT) it was centered near 16.0 North latitude and 122.1 East longitude, about 105 miles northeast of Manila, Philippines. Koppu was moving west at 11 knots. Maximum sustained winds were near 130 knots (149 mph/240 kph) and those typhoon force winds extended 50 miles out from the center.
Koppu is moving westward and landfalling in Luzon. The storm is expected to slow down and curve to the north, while lingering over land for the next 2 to 3 days. The slow movement will lead to heavy rainfall totals and dangerous flooding. Koppu's extended passage over Luzon could lead to vast rainfall totals of 1,000 mm (40 inches) or more.
Many Warnings are in effect in the Philippines. Public storm warning signal #4 is in force in Aurora and southern Isabela. Public storm warning signal #3 is in force in rest of Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Ifugao and Northern Quezon including Polillo Islands
Public storm warning signal #2 is in force in Cagayan including Calayan and Babuyan group of Islands, Benguet, Mt. Province, Abra, Kalinga, Apayao, Ilocos Norte & Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Zambales, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, rest of Quezon, Camarines Norte, Metro Manila
Public storm warning signal #1 is in force in Batanes, Bataan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Lubang Island, northern Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Camarines Sur, Albay, Catanduanes
The system will then continue northward towards Taiwan and restrengthen to typhoon force.
Powerful super typhoon Koppu was making landfall in eastern Luzon, Philippines on October 17 when NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead and looked at the storm in infrared light. Koppu is a powerful Category Four storm on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale and its slow movement across Luzon on the next several days is expected to create dangerous inland flooding from heavy rainfall. Koppu is known locally in the Philippines as "Lando" and has triggered many warnings.
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite looked at the super typhoon on October 17 at 1804 UTC (2:04 p.m. EDT). The infrared VIIRS image showed powerful thunderstorms wrapping around the center of circulation with cloud top temperatures as cold as -81F/-63C/210K.
At 2100 UTC (5 p.m. EDT) it was centered near 16.0 North latitude and 122.1 East longitude, about 105 miles northeast of Manila, Philippines. Koppu was moving west at 11 knots. Maximum sustained winds were near 130 knots (149 mph/240 kph) and those typhoon force winds extended 50 miles out from the center.
Koppu is moving westward and landfalling in Luzon. The storm is expected to slow down and curve to the north, while lingering over land for the next 2 to 3 days. The slow movement will lead to heavy rainfall totals and dangerous flooding. Koppu's extended passage over Luzon could lead to vast rainfall totals of 1,000 mm (40 inches) or more.
Many Warnings are in effect in the Philippines. Public storm warning signal #4 is in force in Aurora and southern Isabela. Public storm warning signal #3 is in force in rest of Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Ifugao and Northern Quezon including Polillo Islands
Public storm warning signal #2 is in force in Cagayan including Calayan and Babuyan group of Islands, Benguet, Mt. Province, Abra, Kalinga, Apayao, Ilocos Norte & Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Zambales, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, rest of Quezon, Camarines Norte, Metro Manila
Public storm warning signal #1 is in force in Batanes, Bataan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Lubang Island, northern Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Camarines Sur, Albay, Catanduanes
The system will then continue northward towards Taiwan and restrengthen to typhoon force.
Rob Gutro
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Image Credit: NRL/NASA/NOAA
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Image Credit: NRL/NASA/NOAA
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