Typhoon FITOW Makes Minor Detour

Vicious-looking FITOW headed toward northern Taiwan, southeastern China

Typhoon FITOW has intensified to a Cat 2 typhoon, looking set to make a big impression in northern Taiwan and southeastern China, via Ryukyu Islands.

Typhoon FITOW  (TS 1323; TY 22W) as of 12:00UTC on October 4 
Location: Near 23.3N, 129.4E
Movement and speed: NW (330 degrees), 10km/hr
Central pressure: 960hPa
Max wind speed: 165km/hr (90kt)
Max sustained wind: 205km/hr (110kt)
Source: FIRE-EARTH and others

Typhoon FITOW. IR Satellite Image recorded at 11:32UTC on October 4, 2013. Source: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC. FIRE-EARTH Enhancement.

Typhoon FITOW. IR/WV Diff.  Satellite Image with the track and projected path superimposed. Recorded at 11:32UTC on October 4, 2013. Source: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.

List of Tropical Cyclones in the Western North Pacific [October 4, 2013]

1. SONAMU
2. SHANSHAN
3. YAGI
4. LEEPI
5. BEBINCA
6. RUMBIA
7. SOULIK
8. CIMARON
9. JEBI
10. MANGKHUT
11. UTOR
12. TRAMI
13. PEWA
14. UNALA
15. KONG-REY
16. YUTU
17. TORAJI
18. MAN-YI
19. USAGI
20. PABUK
21. WUTIP
22. SEPAT
23. FITOW
24. DANAS (TS1324)

Related Links

• Two Cyclones Moving Toward Japan October 1, 2013
• WUTIP Hammers Central Vietnam October 1, 2013
• Typhoon WUTIP Headed for Vietnam, Laos, Thailand September 29, 2013
• USAGI Disaster Update: 25 Dead; 7,100 Homes Destroyed September 23, 2013
• FEWW New Hurricane Scale September 3, 2008
• Satellite Imagery

SANBA Targets Okinawa

Massive Typhoon SANBA about to strike Okinawa

Typhoon SANBA (TY 17W) – IR Satellite Image. Source: Digital Typhoon

Typhoon Details [Issued at 12:45 UTC, 15 September 2012]

Scale:  Large
Intensity:  Very Strong
Center position:  N24°30′(24.5°), E128°30′(128.5°)
Direction and speed:  N 20km/h (11kt)
Central pressure: 910hPa
Maximum wind speed 50m/s (100kt)
Maximum wind gust: 70m/s (140kt)
Source:  Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)

 

Typhoon MA-ON Prepares for First Landing

MA-ON to Make First Landfall at Midnight on July 19: Forecast

Typhoon MA-ON is currently a Cat. 1 Storm with sustained winds of about 145 km/hr, moving close to the island of Shikoku.

If the latest analysis made by Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is accurate, the typhoon should make its first landing at about midnight (UTC) on July 19.

Typhoon MA-ON – VIS satellite image [1-km res.] Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

Current Details (JMA)
Scale: Large
Intensity: Strong
Center position:  32.4°N, 133.1°E
Direction and speed:  NNE 15km/h (8kt)
Central pressure: 960hPa
Maximum wind speed: 40m/s (75kt)
Maximum wind gusts: 55m/s (105kt)
Area of 50kt or stronger winds : 190km E (100NM), 110km W
Area of 30kt or stronger winds: 650km E, 410km W

MA-ON Projected Path (24-hr Probability Map)

MA-ON Projected Path (72-hr Probability Map)

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MA-ON Animation

• Last 24 Hours : MPEG / WMV
• Last 120 Hours : MPEG / WMV
• Last 240 Hours : MPEG / WMV

Related Links:

• Typhoon MA-ON: Japan’s Shikoku Island in Crosshairs Posted on July 18, 2011
• Typhoon MA-ON Races Toward Japan
• Typhoon MA-ON Making Her MI-ND Up
• MA-ON Stregthens to Cat 4A Typhoon
• MA-ON Racing to Super Typhoon Status Posted on July 14, 2011
• Satellite Imagery
• FEWW New Hurricane Scale

MEGI Re-Intensifies to Cat 4

Humongous typhoon MEGI has restrengthened to cat 4 with sustained winds of about 200 km/hr

In all likelihood, MEGI could re-intensify to a super typhoon before striking her next targets.

Typhoon MEGI IR Satellite Image Acquired at 10:00 UTC on 10-20-2010. Source: Digital Typhoon. Click image to enlarge.

Profile of a Restrengthening Deadly Typhoon. IR/WV Difference satellite Image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

As usual, the UKM forecast was made by comedians (!)

Typhoon MEGI Projected Paths as of  10-20-2010. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

Heat-seeking MEGI restrengthening in warmer waters of South China Sea

Sea Surface Temperatures in South China Sea. Source:NCEP via CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

MEGI could deliver about 1,000 mm of rain to its target destinations in southern China

Typhoon MEGI – Total Precipitable Water. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

Typhoon MEGI – Visible image captured by MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite at 1:30 a.m. EDT on October 20, 2010 . Source: NASA-EO.  Click image to enlarge. Download large image (5 MB, JPEG)

Related Links:

• MEGI Regaining Strength, Headed Toward China
• State of calamity declared in Isabela, Philippines
• Super Typhoon MEGI

MEGI Regaining Strength, Headed Toward China

Typhoon MEGI Regaining Strength on the Way to China

MEGI killed at least a dozen people in the Philippines; it has now cleared Luzon, and is expected to strike China’s southern Guangdong province, possibly as a cat 4 to 5 hurricane in the next 72 hours.

Typhoon MEGI Regaining Strength in South China Sea. IR Satellite Image (NHC Enhancement). Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

The super typhoon cut a swathe of destruction through northern Luzon, the main island of the Philippines, destroying tens of thousands of homes, uprooting trees, cutting power and communication lines and affecting at least  a million people in five of the country’s northern provinces and the resort city Baguio.

The typhoon also caused extensive flooding and triggererd landslides throughout the region.

About 80 percent of homes “in rice-producing Ilagan and Tumauini towns were destroyed or damaged,” a report said.

“We’ll try to reach coastal towns facing the Pacific, because there were reports 90 percent of the houses there were wiped out,” a senior official told reporters.

Typhoon MEGI Forecast paths. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

As of posting Vietnam and Thailand’s northeast have seen extensive flooding, leaving thousands of people homeless with four reported deaths so far, reports say.

Related Links:

• State of calamity declared in Isabela, Philippines
• Super Typhoon MEGI

State of calamity declared in Isabela, Philippines

Super Typhoon MEGI Strikes Northern Luzon, Philippines

Super Typhoon MEGI – VIS/IR Satellite Image . Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

Super typhoon MEGI (the 13th typhoon of the year in the region,) the 10th and strongest typhoon to strike the Philippines this year, hit Isabela province this morning and led to the state’s governor declaring a state of disaster.

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from two northern states of Isabela and Cagayan.

MEGI uprooted trees, destroyed houses, cut off power and communication lines, and forced dozens of flight cancellations across Luzon island, and may have cause substantial damage to the region’s rice crop.

“In six hours from 8 a.m. (0000 GMT), the city of Tuguegarao in Cagayan had 54 mm (2.2 inch) of rain, while Baguio City on the western side of Luzon had 28 mm, the weather bureau said,” Reuters reported.

The typhoon has already claimed at least one life, local media reported. Up to 100,000 metric tons of rice may have been lost.

MEGI should enter the South China Sea Tuesday, according to China’s meteorological authorities, a report said, where “torrential rains have already forced the evacuation of almost 140,000 people in the southern island province of Hainan.”

Related Links:

• Super Typhoon MEGI

Super Typhoon MEGI

Super Typhoon MEGI Heads Toward Northern Luzon, Philippines

With sustained winds of more than 260 km/hr, cat. 5 MEGI could be one of the most powerful typhoons to strike the northern Philippines.

MEGI is expected to make a landfall on Monday (local time) in Cagayan province in NE corner of the Philippines main island of Luzon.

Super Typhoon MEGI IR Satellite Image (NHC Enhancement). Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

Super Typhoon MEGI Forecast paths. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

MEGI (known locally as Juan) is expected to bring giant waves of greater than 14 meters (46 ft) off the east coast of Luzon, causing flash floods, landslides and storm surges to the disaster prone island.

The super typhoon could dump about 20 mm (8 inches) of rain per hour, forecasters said.

Storm Extravaganza

Hurricane Season Could Get Busier Still

L-R:  HURRICANE EARL, Tropical Storm FIONA, T.S. DANIELLE, Invest Area 98L, T.S. LIONROCK, T.S. NAMTHEUN, Typhoon KOMPASU. Click image to enlarge.

Hurricane EARL

HURRICANE EARL – IR (NHC Enhancement) Satellite Image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

Hurricane EARL: Summary of status at 11:10UTC on August 31, 2010 [Estimated by Fire-Earth]

• Location: Near 20.8N 67.1W
• Position: About 205 km (110NM) NNW of San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Max Sustained Winds: 225 km/hr
• Wind Gusts: 270 km/hr
• Movement: WNW (290 degrees) at 20 km/hr
• Max Wave Heights: 4.1m (12 feet)
• Sources: JTWC and others

EARL is at category 4A strength on the  FEWW New Hurricane Scale.

Related Links:

• The Storm Trio
• FEWW New Hurricane Scale

Typhoon CONSON Death Toll Rises to 72

CONSON Leaves 72 dead with at least 95 others missing in the Philippines and Vietnam

Typhoon CONSON (Basyang) claimed 68 lives in the Philippines with another 84 people reported missing. Up to 30,000 homes were reportedly destroyed or damaged.

At least 2 people were also killed in China, and 2 in Vietnam with 11 others reported as missing.

“Conson slammed into the country on Tuesday, directly hitting the capital Manila as it cut westward into the South China Sea with a ferocity that caught weather forecasters by surprise.” AFP reported.

Bystanders look at the body of a dead fisherman in Mariveles, Bataan. Credit: AFP. Image may be subject to copyright.

Typhoon CONSON lost most of it ferocity, slamming into  northern Vietnam as a tropical storm late Saturday, having pummeled the Philippines and the Chinese island of Hainan earlier in the week. Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in the north of Vietnam.

CONSON is downgraded to a tropical depression, but should continue to dump more rain in the mountainous areas in the north  of Vietnam causing flash floods and landslides for another 48 to 72 hours.

Related Links:

• CONSON Restrengthens to Typhoon Force
• Tropical Storm Conson Moves West
• Typhoon CONSON Strikes The Philippines
• FEWW New Hurricane Scale

CONSON Restrengthens to Typhoon Force

CONSON Stirs South China Sea with 150-km Winds

The Typhoon’s 2nd Attack Brings Lots More Rain and Thunderstorms

CONSON could strengthen to a Cat 2B hurricane with sustained winds of up to 170 km/hr before making its next landfall.

Typhoon CONSON – VIS/IR Satellite Image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

CONSON Summary at 6:00UTC – July 16, 2010 [Estimated by Fire-Earth]

• Location: Near 17.3N, 109.8E
• Position: About 150 km SE of Hainan
• Max Sustained Winds: 150 km/hr
• Wind Gusts: 185 km/hr
• Movement: West (270 degrees) at 16 km/hr
• Max Wave Heights: 6m (18 feet)

CONSON Projected Path

Typhoon CONSON – IR satellite image with forecast path superimposed. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

Typhoon CONSON – IR (NHC Enhancement) Satellite Image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

Related Links:

• Tropical Storm Conson Moves West
• Typhoon CONSON Strikes The Philippines
• FEWW New Hurricane Scale

Tropical Storm Conson Moves West

Image of the Day:

Tropical Storm Conson

TS Conson. Natural-color image of th estorm taken by MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite on July 14, 2010. Source: NASA E/O. Download large image (5 MB, JPEG). Click image to enlarge.

Related Links:

• Typhoon CONSON Strikes The Philippines

Super Typhoon NIDA UPDATE

NIDA Weaker, Slower,  But Still a Super Typhoon

• Date and Time: Nov 26, 2009 at 21:00UTC
• Position:  Near16.6ºN 139.2ºE
• Location: About 945 km SSW of Iwo-To Island, Japan
• Movement:   NNW (325 Degrees)
• Forward Speed : 11 km/h (6 knots) – very slow
• Maximum Sustained Winds: 250 km/h  [Category 5 on FEWW and Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale]
• Maximum  Wind Gusts: 310 km/h  (165knots)
• Maximum Significant Wave Height: ≥ 13 m (43 feet)
• Formation: The 37-km eye is filling, structure becoming more asymmetrical, and elongated.  Strong radial outflow.
• Surprises: Possible

Animation of latest 168 hours : MPEG / WMV

Near real time full disk satellite image. Right Click Image, then select “View Image” to enlarge.

For more images and satellite links click link below:

Super Typhoon NIDA Boomerangs Away From Philippines

See Also:

• FEWW Satellite Imagery Index