The first super typhoon of 2014 (click here) is currently battering Okinawa and is on a collision course with southwest Japan. Named Neoguri – meaning “raccoon” in Korean – the potentially destructive storm has peak winds of 150 mph.
In recent hours, the storm has weakened modestly due to both a structural re-organization known as an eyewall replacement cycle and some dry air wrapping into its center. But the sprawling cyclone is forecast by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center to re-intensify, with maximum sustained winds reaching as high as 160 mph in about 24 hours. Should it achieve this intensity, it would match the strongest storm on the planet so far in 2014....
The water vapor system currently supplying this storm is enormous.
The water vapor system currently supplying this storm is enormous.
