NASA-NOAA Satellite Shows Wind Shear Affecting a Changing Typhoon Bualoi

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NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean revealed that Typhoon Bualoi continued to look asymmetric because of ongoing wind shear.

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean revealed that Typhoon Bualoi continued to look asymmetric because of ongoing wind shear. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued the final bulletin on Bualoi as it was beginning the transition into an extra-tropical cyclone.

On Oct. 25, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the structure of Bualoi. The storm appeared elongated from southwest to northeast, indicating that it had begun its transition into an extra-tropical cyclone. The image was generated by NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

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Image: NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over Typhoon Bualoi and the VIIRS instrument aboard captured this image of the storm on Oct. 25. Suomi NPP showed that Bualoi continued to appear asymmetric as it was transitioning into an extra-tropical cyclone. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS)