Typhoon In-Fa continued to move toward the Northern Marianas on Wednesday.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Typhoon In-Fa was located at latitude 16.1\u00b0N and longitude 153.8\u00b0E which put the center about 565 miles (910 km) east of Saipan.\u00a0 In-Fa was moving toward the west-northwest at 18 m.p.h. (30 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 130 m.p.h. (210 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 160 m.p.h. (260 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 951 mb.<\/p>\n
Typhoon In-Fa did not change much on Wednesday.\u00a0 A circular eye with a diameter of 40 miles (65 km) was at the center of In-Fa\u2019s circulation.\u00a0 The eye was surrounded by a ring of thunderstorms and the strongest winds were occurring in that ring of storms.\u00a0 Bands of showers and thunderstorms were revolving around the center of Typhoon In-Fa.\u00a0 Storms near the center of In-Fa generated upper level divergence that pumped mass away from the typhoon.\u00a0 The removal of mass in the upper levels was nearly equal to the convergence of mass in the lower levels of the atmosphere.\u00a0 So, the surface pressure did not change much on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The distribution of wind speeds in Typhoon In-Fa was very symmetrical.\u00a0 Winds to typhoon force extended out 50 miles (80 km) from the center of In-Fa\u2019s circulation.\u00a0 Winds to tropical storm force extended out 125 miles (200 km) from the center of Typhoon In-Fa.<\/p>\n
The Hurricane Intensity Index (HII) for Typhoon In-Fa is 25.1.\u00a0 The Hurricane Size Index (HSI) is 18.1 and the Hurricane Wind Intensity Size Index (HWISI) is 43.2.\u00a0 Typhoon In-Fa is similar in size to Hurricane Ian when Ian hit Southwest Florida in 2022.\u00a0 In-Fa is not as strong as Ian was.<\/p>\n
Typhoon In-Fa will move through an environment that will be favorable for a strong typhoon during the next 24 hours.\u00a0 In-Fa will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperatures are near 29\u00b0C.\u00a0 It will move through a region where the upper level winds are weak and there will be little vertical wind shear.\u00a0 Typhoon In-Fa appears to be in a near equilibrium with its environment.\u00a0 In-Fa is likely to maintain its intensity during the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n
Typhoon In-Fa will move around the southern part of a high pressure system that is over the Western North Pacific Ocean.\u00a0 The high pressure system will steer In-Fa toward the west-northwest during the next 24 hours.\u00a0 On its anticipated track, Typhoon In-Fa will approach Alamagan, Pagan, and Agrihan in 24 hours.<\/p>\n
Typhoon In-Fa will be the equivalent of a major hurricane when it reaches Alamagan, Pagan, and Agrihan.\u00a0 In-Fa will bring strong winds and heavy rain to those islands.\u00a0 Heavy rain is likely to cause flash floods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Typhoon In-Fa continued to move toward the Northern Marianas on Wednesday.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Typhoon In-Fa was located at latitude 16.1\u00b0N and longitude 153.8\u00b0E which put the center about 565 miles (910 km) east of Saipan.\u00a0 In-Fa was moving toward the west-northwest at 18 m.p.h. (30 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[601,179,1202,650,2558,181,1173,105,284,602],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25677,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25676\/revisions\/25677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}