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Plate 27
A sequence of three typhoons over the northwestern Pacific, 8 September 1987. A visible band 5.4-km resolution DMSP
image. The longitudes are marked at the top. All three formed in an active monsoon trough. Typhoon Freda, in the centre, developed
first and moved mainly northward. The leading typhoon in the image (Gerald) has a very large eye. Super-typhoon Holly, the
easternmost system, had maximum winds above 70 m s-1 and an estimated central pressure of 898 mb; it recurved to the east of
Japan (
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO
).
