The tropical storm Muifa has weakened as the wind shear affecting its precipitation according to the image captured by observatory satellite from NASA and Japanese space agency JAXA. The observatory satellite passed over Muifa and revealed a very little precipitation around Muifa low-level center.
The core observatory satellite from the mission of Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) obtained the data on April 26, 2017, according to the official release from NASA. The data then measured by the Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR), which found out that there was a very little precipitation on the center of Muifa. While the maximum sustained wind speed in Muifa is at the 40 knots (46 mph).
On the following day, Muifa weakened more as the maximum wind speed has reduced to 30 knots (34.5 mph). The tropical storm has entered into depression and went to 489 nautical miles north-northwest of Yap island in Micronesia's Caroline islands at 11 knots (12.6 mph).
Previously, Muifa was detected in the east of Philippine as a depression that turns into a tropical storm on Wednesday morning, April 26, as reported by Focus Taiwan News. However, later in the evening, the vertical wind in the center of Muifa changed the tropical storm into a depression and gradually weakened.
Muifa is a strong tropical storm in the Pacific and considered as the super typhoon. In 2011, Muifa became the Category 5 typhoon and affecting countries in Pacific and many areas in Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, China, South Korea and North Korea. 22 people were killed and damaged the property, causing a $480 million losses. The typhoon was reported to sink one ship that carried 178 passengers.
The storm is formed in the low-pressure area in the Pacific Ocean that escalates into the tropical depression. As its power intensifies, Muifa becomes the typhoon and recorded as the second most powerful typhoon. This year, Muifa has not accumulated its strength into the typhoon and subsided. Watch the footage of the recent tropical depression that in the Pacific Ocean observed by NASA satellite below:
