Typhoon Noru was bringing gusty winds and heavy rain to the northern Ryukyu Islands on Friday.\u00a0 At 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday the center of Typhoon Noru was located at latitude 29.3\u00b0N and longitude 130.3\u00b0E which put it about 90 miles (140 km) south of Kagoshima, Japan.\u00a0 Noru was moving toward the northwest at 4 m.p.h. (6 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 90 m.p.h. (140 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 115 m.p.h. (185 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 959 mb.<\/p>\n
The structure of Typhoon Noru has not changed much during the past 24 hours.\u00a0 A large eye with a diameter of approximately 80 miles (130 km) occupies the center of the typhoon.\u00a0 A broken eyewall surrounds the eye.\u00a0 Strong thunderstorms surround the eastern side of the eye, while a broken ring of weaker showers and storms mark the western edge of the eye.\u00a0 The strongest winds are occurring in the thunderstorms on the eastern edge of the eye.\u00a0 Thunderstorms in the core of the circulation are generating upper level divergence which is pumping away mass in all directions.\u00a0 A primary rainband extends from the eastern side of Typhoon Noru around the southern and western sides of the circulation.\u00a0 Several other shorter bands are outside this primary rainband.\u00a0 Typhoon Noru continues to exhibit a structure similar to an annular hurricane.<\/p>\n
Although the core of Typhoon Noru is fairly large, the overall size of the storm is not as big as some typhoons.\u00a0 Winds to typhoon force extend out about 40 miles in all directions from the center of circulation.\u00a0 Winds to tropical storm force extend out about 160 miles (260 km) from the center.\u00a0 The Hurricane Intensity Index (HII) for Typhoon Noru is 13.9.\u00a0 The Hurricane Size Index (HSI) is 17.0 and the Hurricane Wind Intensity Size Index (HWISI) is 30.9.<\/p>\n
Typhoon Noru will be in an environment favorable for intensification for about another 24 hours.\u00a0 Noru will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperature is near 30\u00b0C.\u00a0 An upper level ridge north of Noru is producing northerly winds which are blowing toward the top of the typhoon.\u00a0 Those winds are fairly weak and there is not much vertical wind shear.\u00a0 Typhoon Noru is likely to intensify during the next 24 hours and it could strengthen into the equivalent of a major hurricane again.\u00a0 In a day or so, an upper level trough will approach from the west and wind shear will increase.\u00a0 Typhoon Noru will weaken faster after it makes landfall in Kyushu.<\/p>\n
Typhoon Noru is moving slowly around the western end of a subtropical ridge.\u00a0 Noru is in an area where the steering currents are weak and the will remain weak for another 24 to 48 hours.\u00a0 An upper level trough will approach Noru from the west in a day or so.\u00a0 Southwesterly winds ahead of the trough will start to steer Typhoon Noru toward the northeast at a faster rate.\u00a0 On its anticipated track Typhoon Noru could make landfall in Kyushu in less than 36 hours.<\/p>\n
The large core and strength of Typhoon Noru make it capable of bringing strong winds and heavy rain to a large area.\u00a0 Typhoon Noru will continue to bring wind and rain to the northern Ryukyu Islands for another 24 to 36 hours.\u00a0 Noru could also cause wind damage, heavy rain and floods on Kyushu, Shikoku and western Honshu when it moves over those regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Typhoon Noru was bringing gusty winds and heavy rain to the northern Ryukyu Islands on Friday.\u00a0 At 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday the center of Typhoon Noru was located at latitude 29.3\u00b0N and longitude 130.3\u00b0E which put it about 90 miles (140 km) south of Kagoshima, Japan.\u00a0 Noru was moving toward the northwest at 4 […]<\/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":[453,461,44,133,194,523,130,748,454],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410"}],"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=4410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4411,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410\/revisions\/4411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}