This is a little off-topic since most of the posts here are US-centric,
but I wanted to alert you to a rare situation developing in the West
Pacific.
If you do the conversions from the data below, that's winds of 173mph
sustained, gusts to 207mph!
Now a couple years ago I was reporting on a similar situation with Super
Typhoon Keith. Visiting this page can give you an idea of how rare this
type of storm is and gives you metrics to compare it with the records if
it gets stronger.
http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1997/keith/
General Sat of Damrey here:
http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/intsat_index?area=ASIA&loop=1&submit3=Get+Map&nav=int&type=ir
Specific sats at URL below
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From: Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV{at}POSTOFFICE.CSO.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: WX-TALK Digest - 7 May 2000 to 9 May 2000 (#2000-128)
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Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:49:21 -0500
From: Scott Bachmeier <scottb{at}SSEC.WISC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Super Typhoon Damrey
This impressive outflow from the northern quadrant of this storm
is very evident on some of our CIMSS satellite-derived winds products:
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/westpac/winds/winds.html
"Konon, Boris" wrote:
>
> Very impressive typhoon for the NW Pacific this early...
>
> WTPN31 PGTW 091500
> 1. SUPER TYPHOON 01W (DAMREY) WARNING NR 016
> 01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC
> MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
> ---
> WARNING POSITION:
> 091200Z2 --- NEAR 17.3N1 135.2E1
> MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 040 DEGREES AT 12 KTS
> POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 025 NM
> POSITION BASED ON EYE FIXED BY SATELLITE
> PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
> MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 150 KT, GUSTS 180 KT
> REMARKS....SUPER TYPHOON DAMREY HAS REACHED UNPRECENDENTED
> STRENGTH. A VERY WARM EYE HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS
> AND BECOME WELL EMBEDDED WITHIN VERY DEEP CONVECTION. IN FACT THE
> CONVECTION OVER THE LAST 6 TO 12 HOURS HAS BEEN AS COLD AS -85 C.
> CONSEQUENTLY SOME DRAMATIC INTENSIFICATION HAS OCCURRED. STRONGLY
> SUPPORTING DAMREY IS AN EXCELLENT OUTFLOW PATTERN AND SUGGESTION
> OF AN OUTFLOW JET ON ITS NORTHERN PERIPHERY.
> .
> THE VERY WARM EYE AND VERY COLD CONVECTION IS YIELDING AN UNUSUAL
> DT OF 8.0. PAT IS A 7.5 AND THE LATEST ODT GUIDANCE INDICATES A
> 7.6. ONLY THE MET IS LINGERING BACK AT A 6.5. SO FOR THIS UPDATE
> THE FT AND CI WILL BE RAISED TO A 7.5. IT IS WORTH MENTIONING
> THAT DAMREY LIKELY PEAKED ABOUT 3 TO 4 HOURS AGO AND AT THAT TIME
> THE FT AND CI COULD HAVE PUT AS HIGH AS AN 8.0 WHICH IS A RARE
> INTENSITY FOR ANY STORM TO BE ABLE TO REACH IN ANY OCEAN BASIN.
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