NASA: Songda becomes a super typhoon
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 16:30
in Astronomy & Space
As predicted, Typhoon Songda intensified and was a super typhoon with wind speeds estimated at over 130 knots ( ~145 mph) when NASA's TRMM satellite passed directly over head on May 26, 2011 at 0806 UTC (4:06 a.m. EDT).