20 September 2013
Super Typhoon Usagi Approaches Taiwan With 250 km/hr Winds
Posted by Dan Satterfield
Image from CIMMS at U. Wisc.
Typhoon Usagi is the meanest storm on the planet right now and actually all year. Winds reached 160 mph, making it the same as a Cat 5 hurricane. The animated satellite image below from (CIMMS at the Univ. of Wisconsin) shows a very small eye indicating an intense storm with extreme winds. It will brush the south coast of Taiwan tomorrow and then head to near Hong Kong. Water temps are not as warm near the coast of China so it should begin weakening. I am not convinced it will weaken much though…
stay tuned…
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.
Dear Dan, thank you very much for your allways and interesting post.
All the best. Gabriel L.