The VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured this color-enhanced infrared image of Super Typhoon Nepartak today, July 7, 2016, at 12:45 am EST. According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center's latest update, Nepartak is located approximately 196 nautical miles southeast of Taipei, Taiwan, and tracking west-northwest at 8 knots. The storm, which has continued on its course toward south-central Taiwan, appears to have weakened slightly over the past 6 hours, with cooler eye temperatures apparent in infrared satellite data. Nepartak is slated to make landfall within the next 12 or so hours. Continued weakening is expected to occur in the near term as the western portion of the storm begins to make contact with the land. However, Nepartak will remain a very intense typhoon or super typhoon until the storm center makes landfall. Nepartak is expected to make landfall in south-central Taiwan within the next 18 to 24 hours.