Typhoon FRANCISCO and TD 27 Headed for Tokyo

FRANCISCO back into fourth gear

Typhoon FRANCISCO is currently targeting Tokyo area, but will significantly weaken before potentially making a landfall. FIRE-EARTH Models show the two system still likely to interact, if favorable conditions continue.

Typhoon FRANCISCO

• Time: 14:00UTC – October 20, 2013
• Movement: NW (305 degrees) at 08km/hr
• Position: Near 18.9ºN, 136.8E
• Location: About 1,240km Southeast (130degrees) of Okinawa, Japan
• Max Sustained Winds: 235km/hr [Cat 4B on FIRE-EARTH Scale]
• Max Wind Gusts: 280km/hr
• Significant Wave Height:   18m
• Source: FIRE-EARTH and others

Typhoon FRANCISCO. VISIBLE/INFRARED satellite image (FIRE-EARTH Enhancement) recorded at 13:32UTC on October 20, 2013. Original image sourced from: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC. 

Projected Paths of TY FRANCISCO and TD TWENTYSEVEN (FIRE-EARTH Enhancement). Original image sourced from: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC. 

More details to follow…

Related Links

• FRANCISCO Intensifying to “Extraterrestrial” Storm Force  October 19, 2013
• FRANCISCO Shifts Up Into Major Typhoon Gear October 18, 2013
• Typhoon FRANCISCO Inching Toward Japan October 17, 2013
• FEWW New Hurricane Scale
• Satellite Imagery