Typhoon Mindulle moved steadily toward the coast of Japan on Sunday.\u00a0 At 2:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday the center of Typhoon Mindulle was located at latitude 32.9\u00b0N and longitude 139.4\u00b0E which put it about 185 miles (305 km) south of Tokyo, Japan.\u00a0 Mindulle was moving toward the north at 19 m.p.h. (31 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 75 m.p.h. (120 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 90 m.p.h. (145 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 975 mb.<\/p>\n
The circulation of Typhoon is reasonably well organized.\u00a0 A primary rainband wraps most of the way around the northern and eastern sides of the center of circulation.\u00a0 There is evidence of a partial eyewall north of the center.\u00a0 Additional bands of thunderstorms are occurring in the northern half of the circulation.\u00a0 The thunderstorms near the core of Mindulle are generating upper level divergence which is pumping away mass to the east of the typhoon.\u00a0 However, there are fewer thunderstorms west of the center of circulation which may indicate the presence of dry air in that area.<\/p>\n
Typhoon Mindulle is moving through an environment that is only marginal for further intensification.\u00a0 It is currently moving over water where the Sea Surface Temperature is near 29\u00b0C, but Mindulle will move over cooler water when it approaches the coast of Japan.\u00a0 An upper level trough located to the west of Japan is generating southwesterly winds which are blowing across the top of Mindulle.\u00a0 The moderate vertical wind shear is preventing upper level divergence to the west of the typhoon and the shear may also be partially responsible for the asymmetric distribution of thunderstorms.\u00a0 It is also possible that Mindulle is pulling in some drier air located northwest of the typhoon.<\/p>\n
The upper level trough is steering Mindulle toward the north and that general motion is expected to continue.\u00a0 On its anticipated track the center of Typhoon Mindulle will reach the coast near Tokyo in 10-12 hours.\u00a0 Heavy rain in some of the bands of thunderstorms north of the center could reach the coast at any time.\u00a0 Since Mindulle is a typhoon, it is capable of causing minor wind damage.\u00a0 A greater risk is the potential for locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Typhoon Mindulle moved steadily toward the coast of Japan on Sunday.\u00a0 At 2:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday the center of Typhoon Mindulle was located at latitude 32.9\u00b0N and longitude 139.4\u00b0E which put it about 185 miles (305 km) south of Tokyo, Japan.\u00a0 Mindulle was moving toward the north at 19 m.p.h. (31 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":[472,44,474,481,473],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2830"}],"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=2830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2831,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2830\/revisions\/2831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}