July 30, 2019 - Tropical Storm Nari over Japan

Tropical Storm Nari made landfall near Wakayama, Honshu Island, Japan early on July 27, 2019, bringing heavy rain to the region. According to The Japan Times, the city of Wakayama recorded rainfall of 47.5 mm (1.9 in) in an hour early in the morning. Nari was downgraded to a tropical depression by that same afternoon.

A weak system developed into a tropical depression on July 24 west of the Bonin Islands. Identified as 07W, it strengthened and was named Tropical Cyclone Nari on July 26 as it tracked northward towards southern Japan. The sixth-named storm of the Pacific typhoon system, the short-lived storm reached maximum sustained winds of about 40 miles per hour (65 km/hour) before weakening over land.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of the remnants of Tropical Storm Nari spread across southern Japan on July 28, 2019.

Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 7/28/2019
Resolutions: 1km (778.1 KB), 500m (2 MB), 250m (1.6 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC