Typhoon Dolphin hit Okinawa on Thursday evening.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday the center of Typhoon Dolphin was located at latitude 27.2\u00b0N and longitude 128.3\u00b0E which put the center about 25 miles (40 km) north-northeast of Okinawa.\u00a0 Dolphin was moving toward the west at 17 m.p.h. (28 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 100 m.p.h. (160 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 120 m.p.h. (195 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 955 mb.<\/p>\n
Typhoon Dolphin started to intensify on Thursday evening as it approached Okinawa.\u00a0 A small circular eye was visible at the center of Dolphin’s circulation on satellite and radar images.\u00a0\u00a0 Bands of showers and thunderstorms were revolving around the core of Dolphin\u2019s circulation.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Storms near the core of Dolphin generated upper level divergence that pumped mass away from the typhoon.\u00a0 The removal of mass in the upper levels was greater than the convergence of mass in the lower levels of the atmosphere.\u00a0 So, the surface pressure decreased a little on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The eye of Typhoon Dolphin was passing just to the north of Okinawa.\u00a0 The southern part of the eyewall of Dolphin was passing over northern Okinawa.<\/p>\n
A weather station at Naha Airport (ROAH) in Okinawa reported a sustained wind speed of 46 m.p.h. (74 km\/h) and a wind gust of 61 m.p.h. (98 km\/h).<\/p>\n
Typhoon Dolphin was a large typhoon.\u00a0 Winds to typhoon force extended out 140 miles (220 km) in the northern half of Dolphin’s circulation.\u00a0 Winds to typhoon force extended out 70 miles (110 km) in the southern half of Typhoon Dolphin.\u00a0 Winds to tropical storm force extended out 310 miles (500 km) from the center of Dolphin’s circulation.<\/p>\n
The Hurricane Intensity Index (HII) for Typhoon Dolphin is 16.5.\u00a0 The Hurricane Size Index (HSI) is 38.3 and the Hurricane Wind Intensity Size Index (HWISI) is 54.8<\/p>\n
Typhoon Dolphin will move through an environment that will be favorable for intensification during the next 24 hours.\u00a0 Dolphin will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperatures are near 30\u00b0C.\u00a0 It will move under the middle of an upper level ridge that is over the Western North Pacific Ocean.\u00a0 The upper level winds are weak near the middle of the ridge and there will be little vertical wind shear.\u00a0 Typhoon Dolphin could intensify on Friday as long as Okinawa does not disrupt the inner core of its circulation..<\/p>\n
Typhoon Dolphin will move around the southern side of a high pressure system that is over the Western North Pacific Ocean.\u00a0 The high pressure system will steer Dolphin toward the west during the next 24 hours.\u00a0 On its anticipated track, the center of Typhoon Dolphin will move west of the Ryukyu Islands on Friday.\u00a0 Dolphin could hit the east coast of China in less than 48 hours.<\/p>\n
Typhoon Dolphin will continue to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the Ryukyu Islands on Friday.\u00a0 The strongest winds and heaviest rain will occur in Okinawa.\u00a0 Heavy rain will cause flash floods in some locations.\u00a0 Typhoon Dolphin could also cause a storm surge of up to 10 feet (3 meters) along the coast of some of the islands.<\/p>\n
Even the center of Typhoon Dolphin will pass north of Taiwan, bands in the southern part of Dolphin’s circulation will drop heavy rain on northern Taiwan.<\/p>\n
Typhoon Dolphin will also bring strong winds and heavy rain to eastern China.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere over the Western North Pacific Ocean, Tropical Storm Chan-hom formed southeast of Japan.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday the center of Tropical Storm Chan-hom was located at latitude 29.6\u00b0N and longitude 160.3\u00b0E which put the center about 1300 miles (2095 km) east-southeast of Tokyo, Japan.\u00a0 Chan-hom was moving toward the northwest at 17 m.p.h. (28 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 50 m.p.h. (80 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 65 m.p.h. (105 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 987 mb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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