TAPAH (T1405/06W) continues to intensify as it moves poleward steadily over the seas east of Saipan and Anatahan… CIMSS upper air analysis reveals excellent poleward outflow that boost further development of the storm… An irregular cloud-filled eye can be observed … Continue reading
Tropical Depression 06W (former 99W) intensified into Tropical Storm TAPAH (T1405) near Guam this morning… It’s the fifth one since 2014-01-01… The last time we had 5 named storms in the first 4 months of the year… was 1971… 43 … Continue reading
Tropical Disturbance 96W has formed near the Mariana Islands… near 11N 145E… OSCAT image taken at ~8 hours ago revealed a closed and defined low level circulation centre… Maximum sustained wind speed around the centre is about 15 kts… Strong … Continue reading
FRANCISCO has become an extra-tropical system after moving across southern Izu Islands… Maximum gust speed of 105.6 km/h was recorded in Hachijojima this morning… Typhoon LEKIMA is moving northeast at 65 km/h within the upper level westerlies… LEKIMA will become … Continue reading
LEKIMA has further strengthened into a Super Typhoon with sustained up to ~215 km/h (115 kts) (10 min avg.)… making it the strongest TC in the Western Pacific in 2013… Convection in the central dense overcast is very intense… The … Continue reading
LEKIMA (T1328/28W) has intensified into a Severe Typhoon with an intensity of about 160 km/h (85 kts)… The cyclone has developed a ~25km-wide clear eye within a very intense central dense overcast… Currently… an OW eye is surrounded by CMG … Continue reading
FRANCISCO (T1327/26W) has weakened into a Severe Typhoon… The storm failed to maintain its strength… The eye became cloud-filled during the night… Convection warmed rather noticeably… especially in the northern semicircle… Currently… maximum sustained wind speed near the centre is … Continue reading
FRANCISCO (T1327/26W) has already intensified into a Super Typhoon (HK classification)… one day ahead of our forecast… The symmetric central dense overcast deepened significantly with cloud top temperatures falling to below -70 degrees Celsius… The ~20 km wide eye is … Continue reading
FRANCISCO (T1327/26W) has intensified rapidly into a Typhoon as models expected… A ragged eye has formed in the middle of the central dense overcast which measures about 400 km in diameter… IR and microwave images show strong curved rainbands persist … Continue reading
Disturbance 93W developed rapidly into a Tropical Storm FRANCISCO (T1327/26W)… ASACT pass in the morning revealed a closed but slightly elongated low level circulation centre with winds up to 25 kts around it… Organization continued to improve in the afternoon… … Continue reading
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