Subj : MODIS Pic of the Day 05 March 2022
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From : Dan Richter
Date : Sat Mar 05 2022 11:00:06

March 5, 2022 - Tropical Cyclone Vernon

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   Vernon
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   After forming near the Cocos Islands on February 24, Tropical Cyclone
   Vernon experienced explosive intensification, increasing wind speeds by
   80 mph (128.7 km/h) in 24 hours to reach Category 4 on the Saffir
   Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale on February 26. On that day maximum
   sustained winds reached 130 mph (209 km/h). Fortunately, the violent
   storm was spinning well away from land at that time. Since that time,
   Tropical Cyclone Vernon has drifted over the Indian Ocean as it
   continually weakened, posing no threat to land.

   The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board
   NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of Tropical Cyclone
   Vernon on March 3. Near the time this image was acquired, the waning
   storm carried maximum sustained winds of about 60 mph (96.6 km/h).
   Vernon retained a large cloud-filled eye but appeared strongly
   asymmetric, with convective bands south of center. By the evening of
   March 3, Vernon had become extra-tropical, and winds had dropped to
   about 45 mph (72 km/h).

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 3/3/2022
   Resolutions:  1km (440.5 KB),  500m (1.2 MB),  250m (4.1 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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