NASA sees tropical depression Hagupit winding down
The final advisory on Tropical Depression Hagupit was issued late on Dec. 11 and on Dec. 12, NASA's Terra satellite saw the storm's center spinning down off the coast of southern Vietnam.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Terra satellite took a visible picture of Hagupit on Dec. 12 at 03:00 UTC (Dec. 11 at 10 p.m. EST). The image showed that clouds were only on the north and western sides of the center of circulation. Some of the clouds associated with the northern circulation stretched over southeastern Vietnam.
On Dec. 12 at 0000 UTC (Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. EST), Tropical Depression Hagupit's maximum sustained winds were near 25 knots. It was centered near 10.8 north and 110.0 east, about 194 nautical miles east of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Hagupit was moving to the south-southwest at 17 knots.
Hagupit is expected to dissipate today, December 12.
Provided by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
