| On Thursday, June 29, at 10 a.m. Igme, with sustained winds of 130 kilometers an hour gusting up to 160 kph, passed by Batanes, or 140 km north-northwest of Basco. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the storm was moving north-northwest at 13 kph towards Taiwan. Typhoon Igme (Mindulle) formed into a tropical depression from a monsoon gyre back on the 23rd of June 2004 just west of the Northern Mariana Islands. Igme (Mindulle) quickly reached tropical storm strength but only slowly intensified over the next few days before finally becoming a minimal typhoon on the 27th of June in the Philippine Sea. Next came a period of rapid development as Igme's (Mindulle's) maximum sustained winds increased from 65 knots (75 mph or 120kph) to 125 knots (144 mph or 230 kph) within a span of just 30 hours, and its forward speed decreased dramatically as it approached the northern Philippines. Up until this point, Igme (Mindulle) had been moving mainly due west but now turned north taking it through the Babuyan and Batan Islands north of the main island of Luzon. The storm increased its forward speed slowly and began to weaken as it passed through the Bashi Channel headed for Taiwan. ___________________________ The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft captured this true-color image of Typhoon Mindulle on June 28, 2004 churning in the Pacific waters approximately 480 miles or 772 kilometers southeast of Taipei, Taiwan. At the time this image was taken, Mindulle had maximium sustained winds of 130 mph or 210 kph with gusts to 160 mph or 257 kph and was moving to the northwest at only 4 mph or 6 kph. According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Mindulle was continuing to intensify in a favorable environment with the eye becoming more symmetrical and better defined. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center). ___________________________ |
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| TYPHOON IGME (MINDULLE) June 29, 2004 |
| Batanes is now recovering from its brush with Typhoon Igme (international name: Mindulle). The supertyphoon was responsible for total power outage throughout the islands and the reported sinking of M/V Ivatan Princess, the grounding of M/V Queen of Fatima and the beaching of M/V Don Rudito. All 3 vessels are owned by the Batanes Multipurpose Cooperative, Inc. According to news reports, the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council or PDCC and Municipal Disaster Coordinating Councils or MDCCs (organized, reorganized and/or unorganized), are still assessing reports of damage to infrastructures, livestocks and other agricultural products in the province. |
| The MODIS (or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Mindulle on June 29, 2004 at 2:20 UTC (Universal Time is modern continuation of GMT or Greenwich Mean Time) as the storm was located approximately 450 miles or 725 kilometers south-southeast of Taipei, Taiwan. At the time this image was taken, Mindulle had sustained winds of 144 mph or 230 kph with higher gusts to 173 mph or 278 kph. Mindulle was expected to drift towards the west and make landfall over the northern Philippines. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center). ____________________________________________________________ |
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| ___________________________ TRMM Images of Igme (Mindulle) The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has its mission of monitoring rainfall over the global tropics since its launch back in November of 1997. With its passive and active sensors, TRMM is able to capture unique images of tropical cyclones providing a one of a kind perspective on their structures as seen by this image of Mindulle. The image was taken at 06:01 UTC on the 28th (of June 2004) and shows a mature typhoon with a large, well- defined eye surrounded by a definitive eyewall that contains areas of heavy rain (semicircle with dark red areas). At the time Mindulle was a Category 4 storm with sustained winds estimated at 115 knots (132 mph) as it was approaching the northern Philippines. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. ___________________________ Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC), NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. |
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