Super Typhoon Goni, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane, killed at least 20, but 1.07 million tonnes of rice was saved thanks to an early warning. 72 HRS: 19.2N 129.2E – 60 knots (CAT 2/Severe Tropical Storm) Sea East of the Philippines, models are hinting, the season is NOT over yet..huh…………, Dvorak at 8.0 according to Japan Meteorological Agency. Over land Albay (Luzon/Philippines). The Category 5 storm, ... and low-income residents — many of whom live in apartments or houses incapable of withstanding strong storms — the Category 5 typhoon proved catastrophic. It also found, using a climate model capable of simulating these massive storms amid changing atmospheric and oceanic conditions, that future storms could be so intense that a new category — Category 6, might be required to describe their intensity. TROPICAL STORM ATSANI (T2020) Category 5 hurricane: Catastrophic damage will occur In a Category 5 hurricane, the highest category hurricane, winds are 157 mph or higher. Thanks for all, as usual. Forecast and Intensity TROPICAL STORM ATSANI (T2020) This scale estimates potential property damage. Finally was able to restock my freezer this morning. Gale Force Winds 8–13; Graumann et al., 2005, pp. Super Typhoon Goni exploded into Earth’s most powerful storm of 2020 as a category 5 storm with 180 mph winds in the waters to the east of the Philippines, at 11 a.m. EDT Friday, October 30. 48 HRS: 15.1N 114.2E – 45 knots (CAT 1/Tropical Storm) South China Sea just sayin. A 2019 five-minute video by Peter Sinclair of Yale Climate Connections includes my analysis on how hurricanes are changing in the new warming climate. Roofs of most residential and industrial buildings are completely damaged. Tropical cyclones that occur within the Southern Hemisphere to the east of 90°E are officially monitored by one or more tropical cyclone warning centres. Now if it turns north towards Cuba and Florida, obviously the winds will be a lot stronger. According to Sam Lillo, only five storms in the global tropical cyclone database have achieved a 145-mph increase in 54 hours or less: Typhoon Vera in 1959 in the northwest Pacific; Hurricane Linda in 1997 in the northeast Pacific; Cyclone Zoe in 2002 in the southeast Pacific; Hurricane Wilma in 2005 in the Atlantic, and Hurricane Patricia in 2015 in the northeast Pacific. At 18:00 PM UTC, Typhoon Goni (915 hPa) located at 15.9N 129.9E has 10 minute sustained winds of 115 knots with gusts of 165 knots. At 6:00 AM UTC, Tropical Storm Atsani (998 hPa) located at 16.0N 132.5E has 10 minute sustained winds of 35 knots with gusts of 50 knots. 12 HRS: 14.8N 119.6E – 60 knots (CAT 2/Severe Tropical Storm) South China Sea All those 11 authors agreed that the balance of evidence suggests that the proportion of all hurricanes reaching category 4-5 strength has increased in recent years; and eight of them concluded that the balance of evidence suggests that human-caused climate change contributed to that increase. 90 nm from the center in southern quadrant, Forecast and Intensity 12 HRS: 14.4N 126.3E – 110 knots (CAT 5/Intense Typhoon) Sea East of the Philippines Your comment is an insult to YCC, to Dr Jeff Masters, and to all readers here. ============================================= The cyclone is reported as moving northwest at 21 knots. 24 HRS: 15.6N 137.0E – 45 knots (CAT 1/Tropical Storm) Sea East of the Philippines ========================= 120 nm from the center in northern quadrant Gale Force Winds A flash flood warning was up for Guam, as well, where total rainfall amounts of 3 to 7 inches were expected. 24 HRS: 13.8N 122.4E – 80 knots (CAT 3/Strong Typhoon) Over land Quezon (Luzon/Philippines) Irrespective of where Hagibis ultimately ends up, the storm has the potential to influence U.S. weather in about 10 days’ time. The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based on a hurricane's sustained wind speed. In 2019, there were six category 5 tropical cyclones, and not five, as originally thought, according to the 2019 JTWC best track for the Western Pacific, released last month. Sea East of the Philippines. 35 nm from the center, Gale Force Winds 120 nm from the center in southern quadrant, Forecast and Intensity ========================= 24 HRS: 19.0N 129.4E – 45 knots (CAT 1/Tropical Storm) Sea East of the Philippines The exact long-term implications of the storm remain to be seen. 48 HRS: 19.7N 129.6E – 45 knots (CAT 1/Tropical Storm) Sea East of the Philippines 12 HRS: 16.0N 136.6E – 40 knots (CAT 1/Tropical Storm) Sea East of the Philippines 12 HRS: 14.9N 137.6E – 40 knots (CAT 1/Tropical Storm) Sea East of the Philippines 12 HRS: 16.7N 133.6E – 45 knots (CAT 1/Tropical Storm) Sea East of the Philippines 48 HRS: 19.4N 129.3E – 65 knots (CAT 3/Strong Typhoon) Sea East of the Philippines 72 HRS: 18.8N 128.5E – 50 knots (CAT 2/Severe Tropical Storm) Sea East of the Philippines, Japan Meteorological Agency Our service and installation can't be beaten! Japan Meteorological Agency =================== In Florida's panhandle, Category 5 Hurricane Michael tore a massive path of destruction in October, but one home on Mexico Beach sat relatively unscathed amid the wreckage. ============================================= 24 HRS: 17.6N 133.8E – 45 knots (CAT 1/Tropical Storm) Sea East of the Philippines Japan Meteorological Agency Hurricane Iota strengthened into a "catastrophic" Category 5 hurricane and was set to slam into Central America late Monday, threatening areas devastated by … 120 nm from the center in southern quadrant, Forecast and Intensity Category 5 is as powerful as a hurricane can get under the Saffir-Simpson scale. TYPHOON GONI (T2019) At the very least, the system in the Caribbean and the strong high north of Florida will increase the pressure gradient and bring windy conditions all next week over the Florida Peninsula. Kerry Emanuel, a hurricane researcher and atmospheric scientist at MIT, wrote a 2017 paper in which he studied modeled Atlantic storms. well latest Euro model has the Hurricane right under Cuba..at the end of this run. Storm Force Winds He found an uptick in the number of storms that would rapidly intensify just before landfall. Sinclair video (link near end) was particularly useful – short and to the point for laypeople. The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning. Forecast and Intensity 72 HRS: 14.8N 111.1E – 50 knots (CAT 2/Severe Tropical Storm) South China Sea, Japan Meteorological Agency 72 HRS: 18.7N 129.1E – 70 knots (CAT 3/Strong Typhoon) Sea East of the Philippines, Sorry … didn’t realize it had worked the first time …, PAGASA with 890 central pressure just before the Catanduanes island landfall. ============================================= Storm Force Winds They are by definition the strongest hurricanes that can form on planet Earth. Goni is predicted to hit storm-weary Vietnam on November 4 as a tropical storm. ========================= 260 nm from the center in northwestern quadrant Only three Category 5 hurricanes have made landfall in the U.S. so far: Camille, Andrew and the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. They probably got, and are still receiving, some low-end typhoon-force gusts.”. The cyclone is reported as moving west southwest at 12 knots. Wanted to wait to make the power was stable after it came back on yesterday afternoon. The cyclone is reported as moving west at 10 knots. The cyclone is reported as moving west northwest at 17 knots. Coastal structures are completely wiped off. ============================================= The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale currently runs from Category 1 through Category 5, and Category 5 is classified as 157-plus mph. Lowest central pressure: 886 millibars For such an intense storm, Violet was surprisingly short-lived. It’s centered about 70 miles north of Saipan and is moving west-northwest at about 18 mph away from the island chain. ========================= It also found 72 storms with maximum sustained winds above 190 mph by the end of the century, compared with nine such storms in a simulation of the late-20th-century climate. ================== After pulling away from Micronesia, Hagibis is forecast to additionally strengthen, peaking with sustained winds of 170 mph over the open ocean late Monday night into Tuesday. TROPICAL STORM ATSANI (T2020) Tropical Cyclone Advisory #29 – 9:00 AM JST October 31 2020 72 HRS: 14.8N 112.2E – 60 knots (CAT 2/Severe Tropical Storm) South China Sea, Tropical Cyclone Advisory #23 – 3:00 AM JST November 1 2020 ================= All the trees that were down were pointing north, meaning it was the wind from the south that caused the damage. 40 nm from the center, Gale Force Winds Category 5 hurricanes are much rarer late in the hurricane season when compared to August and September. Tropical Cyclone Advisory #25 – 9:00 AM JST November 1 2020 ========================= The U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico suffered calamitous strikes in the 2017 hurricane season, and Guam was recently struck by Typhoon Mangkhut. 12 HRS: 13.7N 122.0E – 100 knots (CAT 4/Very Strong Typhoon) west of Quezon province (Luzon/Philippines) TYPHOON GONI (T2019) Even more alarming was Emanuel’s simulation that storms intensifying by 70 mph or more within 24 hours — which he found had occurred on the average of only once per century in the late 20th-century climate — may occur “every 5-10 years by the end of this century.”. 48 HRS: 17.7N 132.3E – 60 knots (CAT 2/Severe Tropical Storm) Sea East of the Philippines Two other tropical cyclones just missed achieving category 5 status in 2019, topping out with 155 mph winds (157 mph winds are the threshold for a Cat 5): Cyclone Fani in the North Indian Ocean on May 2, and Cyclone Ambali in the Southwest Indian Ocean. 72 HRS: 19.0N 129.6E – 70 knots (CAT 3/Strong Typhoon) Sea East of the Philippines, © 2021 Yale Climate Connections | Created by Constructive, Reviewing the horrid global 2020 wildfire season, More frequent, heavier rains strain U.S. dams, The top 10 weather and climate events of a record-setting year, Keeping up with fast pace of attribution science, 2019 JTWC best track for the Western Pacific, one method of classifying tropical cyclones, largest 24-hour intensification on record in the Southern Hemisphere, Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part I. Gale Force Winds The storm rapidly intensified over Thursday and is on the cusp of reaching Category 5. On Sunday morning, it was a tropical storm. 24 HRS: 18.4N 131.1E – 50 knots (CAT 2/Severe Tropical Storm) Sea East of the Philippines A few days after reaching peak intensity, it had all but dissipated. Dr Master’s article was not about politics. ============================================= Another study, published last year, found that with continued global warming, more tropical cyclones will undergo rapid intensification than had done so before. We plan to do the next “Eye on the Storm” post on Sunday afternoon. GFS and GFS para showing 25-30 knot winds at 10 m and EURO showing 25 to 30 knot winds at 850 mb. Forecast and Intensity Hurricane "Iota" strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane -- peak winds of 260 km/h (160 mph) -- on November 16, 2020, as it was passing over the Colombian Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, making it the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and the strongest-ever to hit Colombia. Forecast and Intensity They are rare in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and generally form only once every several years. However, exactly where remains to be seen, as does its intensity at that point. In general, Category 5s form in clusters in single years. ============================================= TROPICAL STORM ATSANI (T2020) Rammasun was the third-costliest typhoon in Philippines history, with $885 million in damage. Category 5 hurricanes are tropical cyclones that reach Category 5 intensity on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale. At landfall, Katrina was a Category 3, and by the time it hit New Orleans, it was even weaker (Seed et al., 2005, pp. ============================================= Once Hagibis undergoes mid-latitude transition over the Bering Sea, it will add a bit of a “turbo boost” to the Pacific jet stream. yes your right there..but they do give us a What IF…might give people a lol extra time to prepare, models are all over the place now..im waiting to see Thursday’s model runs, ok im somewhat feeling better now..the 12Z models are all over the place again,thats a good sign for my area and probably all Florida..but im waiting to see oh..Thursday what the models have in mind. Tropical Cyclone Advisory #27 – 15:00 PM JST November 1 2020 near Marinduque province (Luzon/Philippines). At 18:00 PM UTC, Tropical Storm Atsani (998 hPa) located at 14.9N 136.1E has 10 minute sustained winds of 40 knots with gusts of 60 knots. Major Hurricane: A tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 111 mph (96 knots) or higher, corresponding to a Category 3, 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Thankfully, no damage at the office or plant. In the Netherlands, a flood control system is used with the ability to protect against a Category 5 hurricane. TYPHOON GONI (T2019) 48 HRS: 15.2N 119.6E – 55 knots (CAT 2/Severe Tropical Storm) South China Sea The types of damage Clark and Rohan experienced is very typical of a Category 5 hurricane. Storm Force Winds Tropical Cyclone Yasa, currently the strongest storm on Earth, is headed for a potentially devastating landfall in Fiji within the next 24 hours. 12 HRS: 13.9N 138.9E – 40 knots (CAT 1/Tropical Storm) Sea East of the Philippines However, the typhoon will experience a less favorable upper-level outflow pattern, which should cause some weakening. ========================= At 18:00 PM UTC, Typhoon Goni (905 hPa) located at 13.7N 125.0E has 10 minute sustained winds of 120 knots with gusts of 170 knots. The storm hit two weeks after Hurricane Michael struck Florida’s Big Bend last October. 12 HRS: 14.0N 121.2E – 65 knots (CAT 3/Strong Typhoon) Over land Batangas (Luzon/Philippines) Is cat6 disqus finished? ============================================= Sea East of the Philippines. I think the +96 hour models are ….questionable as to their reliability. Goni took advantage of nearly ideal conditions for intensification on Thursday and Friday, with light wind shear less than 10 knots, a very moist atmosphere, ocean temperatures of 30 – 31 Celsius (86 – 88° F), and an ocean heat content of 150 kiljoules per square centimeter. Interesting info and read thanks Dr. Jeff. 48 HRS: 15.0N 113.6E – 50 knots (CAT 2/Severe Tropical Storm) South China Sea 24 HRS: 15.3N 117.4E – 50 knots (CAT 2/Severe Tropical Storm) South China Sea ============================================= TYPHOON GONI (T2019) The Category 5 ® Hurricane and Storm Protection line of products provide industry leading structural protection to guard against and withstand the most severe weather threatening your family, belongings, and property. 72 HRS: 15.4N 114.0E – 45 knots (CAT 1/Tropical Storm) South China Sea, Tropical Cyclone Advisory #15 – 3:00 AM JST October 31 2020 At that time, the 12Z Friday run of the HWRF model predicted that Goni would be a category 1 typhoon with 85 mph winds. In a 2019 Review Paper by 11 hurricane scientists, “Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part I. By Monday morning, it had Category 5 winds. 24 HRS: 13.8N 123.5E – 95 knots (CAT 4/Very Strong Typhoon) Over land Camarines Sur (Luzon/Philippines) These monster storms pack wind speeds of 157 miles per hour or … The storm has a massive shield of towering thunderstorms surrounding a pinhole-like eye that is just a few miles across. ============================================= At 0:00 AM UTC, Typhoon Goni (960 hPa) located at 13.5N 123.6E has 10 minute sustained winds of 90 knots with gusts of 130 knots. Winds of that magnitude in Manila are likely to cause a major disaster. Media in category "Category 5 tropical cyclones" The following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total. Editor focusing on extreme weather, climate change, science and the environment. ============================================= Sea East of the Philippines. 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