The decade is not done yet in the tropics as the Western Pacific has produced another typhoon, this time in the form of Phanfone (also named Ursula per PAGASA). Phanfone, now a Category 2 typhoon (Category 3 per Force Thirteen’s estimates), had made it’s initial landfall in the Central PhilippinesRead More →
As of 5pm EST 9 October, 2019, Super Typhoon Hagibis was located at 22.0N 139.8E and had sustained winds of 160mph and a pressure of 915mb and was moving northwest at 9mph. Hagibis is expected to recurve as it approaches Japan and possibly make landfall directly over Tokyo with windsRead More →
As of 15z on October 2, 2019, Tropical Storm Mitag was located at 34.4N 126.3W and had a 1-minute sustained wind speed of 45mph and a pressure of 990mb and was moving northeast at 25mph. Mitag brings with it the possibility of damaging rainfall over large parts of the KoreanRead More →
Typhoon Lekima has rapidly intensified overnight, and now houses winds of 160 mph and a pressure of 940 millibars, verified by SATIED – a Force Thirteen product. The storm is currently a Stage 9 on the CDPS scale, and is still intensifying. Video Update – https://youtu.be/oNGAIdj_gJERead More →
On Friday night (US Time, Saturday morning in the eastern hemisphere), Force Thirteen will be revealing its 2019 cyclone forecasts for the northern hemisphere, covering all relevant basins – The North Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, Western Pacific and North Indian Ocean will all have forecasts published live and online during theRead More →
CONNECTICUT (F13) Typhoon Yutu, or Rosita in the Philippines, has maintained intensity on its final approach to landfall in the Northern Philippines, and is a life threatening situation for a region that has already been ravaged by another powerful typhoon in the near past. As of noon UTC the stormRead More →
CONNECTICUT (F13) Typhoon Yutu, or Rosita for the Philippines continues its approach towards Luzon and is a life threatening situation. As of 6pm UTC Yutu remains an extremely dangerous storm with maximum winds of 120mph and a minimum pressure of 944mb, the equivalent to a category three storm, with potentialRead More →
CONNECTICUT (F13) The Philippines are watching closely as another potentially devastating typhoon approaches their nation. Super Typhoon Yutu continues to move westward and has intensified this morning back to 155mph, and will still be a very powerful typhoon as it nears the archipelago nation. Luzon in particular is keeping aRead More →
CONNECTICUT (F13) Yesterday we saw a typhoon of unprecedented strength for the area pass through the Northern Mariana Islands, the strongest one to impact the islands in at least 100 years. We have seen some good news as the northern part of Saipan still has power and is already responding,Read More →
Jebi has rapidly intensified for the last 24 hours, and continues to intensify beyond the Category 5 threshold, with satellite estimated winds of 165mph according to F13 SATOPS. The storm is still intensifying at this time and could become even stronger later today. The storm poses a major threat toRead More →
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