A well organized core developed at the center of Tropical Storm Meari on Friday and it intensified into a typhoon.  At 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday the center of Typhoon Meari was located at latitude 17.0°N and longitude 140.0°E which put it about 425 miles (685 km) west-northwest of Saipan.  Meari was moving toward the … Continue reading Tropical Storm Meari Intensifies Into a Typhoon