Image: Tip 1979-10-12 0533Z
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Description: The VISSR instrument onboard the JMA GMS-1 satellite captured this visible image of Super Typhoon Tip on October 12, 1979, at 05:33 UTC (14:33 JST). At the time this image was captured, Tip had maximum 1-minute sustained wind speeds of 190 mph (305 km/h), and its minimum central pressure was 870 mb.
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