Typhoon LUPIT: Cruel, Harsh, or Wicked?
Posted by feww on October 21, 2009
Typhoon LUPIT – 21 Oct 2009
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How long will LUPIT loiter around Luzon
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How much more rain will it dump?
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Will LUPIT move away and come back, AGAIN!
At 00:00 UTC – Oct 21, 2009
Max Winds: 160km/h (85 knots) Category: 2
Max Gusts: 195 km/h (105knots)
Coordinates: 20.5ºN 128.9ºE
Movement past six hours: 280 degrees at 15 km/h (08 kts)
Location: About 925 km (500 kts) NE of Manila Philippines
Summary of Storm Activity
Lupit is tracking westward steered by a subtropical ridge extension to the north. Deep convection has become more organized near the storm center over the past six hours, JTWC reported.
Typhoon LUPIT – MTSAT Still image.
LUPIT Track by UniSys Weather. Click image to enlarge and update.
History Color Code - The chart color codes intensity (category based on Saffir-Simpson scale)
NOTE: Pressures are in millibars and winds are in knots where one knot is equal to 1.15 mph. Source: UniSys Weather
LUPIT 5-day track. Source JTWC. Click image to enlarge.
Typhoon LUPIT – 20 Oct 2009
Typhoon LUPIT (22W): JTWC/SATOP multispectral satellite image. October 20, 2009 at 05:00 UTC. Click image to enlarge.
Typhoon LUPIT – 20 October 2009, at 09:00UTC
Position: 20.4ºN, 129.3ºE
Location: Approximately 1,110 km (600 NM) northeast of Manila, Philippines.
Movement: WNW at about 15km/h (8 knots)
Center: LUPIT’s Eye has once again become visible
System Characteristics: LUPIT has good radial out flow
Maximum significant wave height: ~ 11 meters (34 feet)
Max sustained winds: 175km/h (95 knots)
Max gusts: 215 km/h (115 knots)
Super Typhoon Lupit. Date/Time as inset. Click on image to animate.
MTSAT IR Image. Updated at 30 mins intervals. Click image to enlarge.
Background and More images:
LUPIT 3-day projected track. Image: JMA. Image may be subject to copyright. Click image to enlarge!
Satellite Loops/Animation/Images
- Tropical West Pacific – Infrared
- Tropical West Pacific – Enhanced IR
- Tropical West Pacific – Water Vapor
- Tropical West Pacific – Visible
- Northwest Pacific – Water Vapor
- Northwest Pacific – Visible
- Northwest Pacific – Visible (Colorized)
- Northwest Pacific – Infrared
- Northwest Pacific – IR (Aviation Color Enhancement)
- West Pacific – Water Vapor
- West Pacific – Visible
- West Pacific – Visible (Colorized)
- West Pacific – Infrared
- West Pacific – IR (Aviation Color Enhancement)
Other Satellite Images:
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