The center of powerful Typhoon Goni is passing west of Okinawa.  At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday the center of Typhoon Goni was located at latitude 26.9°N and longitude 126.3°E which put it about 125 miles (200 km) west of Okinawa.  Goni was moving northeast at 18 m.p.h. (29 km/h).  The maximum sustained wind speed 125 m.p.h. (200 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 155 m.p.h. (250 km/h).  The minimum surface pressure was 937 mb.

An upper level trough northwest of Goni contributed to the development of an outflow channel which pumped out mass and allowed the typhoon to intensify on Sunday.  Goni is a strong well organized typhoon with an eye and a well formed eyewall.  Spiral bands of thunderstorms are rotating around the core of the circulation.  A weather station on Ishigaki Jima, Japan reported a wind gust to 97 m.p.h. (155 km/h) when Goni passed over the island.  Goni is moving over warm Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) and it could maintain its intensity for another 24 hours.  After that time it will move over cooler SSTs and the upper level trough will generate more vertical wind shear.  Goni will finally start to spin down when it moves west of Kyushu.

The upper level trough will continue to pull Goni toward the northeast.  On its anticipated track Typhoon Goni will approach western Kyushu in about 24 hours.  It could bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of western Japan.