Remember Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest typhoon ever recorded to make landfall which obliterated Central Philippines November last year that killed tens of thousands of people? My home country the Philippines is yet faced with another superstorm this time named "Hagupit" (ironically the Filipino term for whip/lash)
Omg Lord.
http://weather.com.ph/announcements/...ate-number-004
HAGUPIT now locally named "Ruby" has rapidly intensified into a Super Typhoon as it enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)early this morning...increasing its threat to Eastern Philippines particularly Eastern Visayas and Bicol Region this weekend.
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As of 5:00 AM PhT today...2100 GMT...Dec 04.
Classification/Name: STY Hagupit (Ruby)
Location: Over the southeastern part of the Philippine Sea (near 9.6N 134.4E)
About: 910 km east of Siargao Island...or 1,010 km east-southeast of Borongan City, Eastern Samar
Maximum Sustained Winds (10-min avg): 220 kph near the center...Gustiness: 280 kph
24 hr. Rain Accumulation (near and west of the center): 100 to 300 mm [Heavy to Extreme]
Minimum Central Pressure: 926 millibars (hPa)
Size of Circulation [Convective Cloud-Based, in diameter]: 990 km (Medium)
Area of Damaging Winds (95 kph or more): 95 km from the Center
Past Movement: West-Northwest @ 31 kph
Forecast Movement: West-Northwest @ 21 kph
Towards: Philippine Sea
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'Hagupit' to intensify into super typhoon
MANILA, Philippines - The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the United States military expects Typhoon 'Hagupit' to intensify into a super typhoon within 48 hours.
In an update posted on its website on Wednesday, the JTWC said the typhoon was packing 1-minute sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour (100 knots) and gusts of 231 kilometers per hour (125 knots).
The Hawaii-based agency sees the cyclone to intensify further as it moves closer to the Philippines.
"Favorable sea surface temperatures, along with continually favorable upper-level conditions, will allow the system to further intensify and is expected to reach super typhoon status by TAU 48," the JTWC said.
By December 5, Friday, the agency expects Hagupit to bear sustained winds of 240 kilometers per hour (130 knots).
Super Typhoon Hagupit may try for a near-repeat of deadly Typhoon Haiyan
Update: 5:15 p.m. ET: Typhoon Hagupit has been upgraded to super typhoon status, with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour as of 5 p.m. ET. The storm is forecast to intensify further, potentially reaching high-end Category 5 status with maximum sustained winds of 185 miles per hour on Thursday.
The latest storm track forecast from the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center has shifted the storm west compared to the previous forecast, which would take the storm closer to the Philippines, while still turning the storm to the north as it approaches the island nation. However, the Philippines' own forecast agency, in a forecast that is supported by forecast agencies in Japan, Taiwan and other Asian nations, is predicting the storm will make landfall near the island of Leyte on Saturday, local time. This would affect the same area as Super Typhoon Haiyan last year.
However, even if the storm reaches Category 5 intensity on Wednesday night and Thursday, it is likely to slow its forward speed significantly and weaken before it approaches the Philippines. However, it is still forecast to be a typhoon at that point.
Super Typhoon Hagupit is now the sixth super typhoon to form in the Western Pacific Ocean so far this year.
Good luck Miss Philippines.
