September 4, 2006.
0011 gmt.
The planet is peculiar. It isn't respecting the equator. The equator of the Pacific has taken an odd presence. It is split at the Indonesian islands with a distribution into Antarctica, but the globe of the northern hemisphere has considerable turbulence to the degree it has disrupted the equatorial air. This 'vortex' in the North Pacific is actually IOKE, the Cat/Typhoon 5 storm that started in the Western hemisphere and traveled half the distance of Earth to the Eastern hemisphere. IOKE will become a storm to contend with for Japan.
Oddly, with all that distance some scientists have speculated with greater heat under the carbon dioxide blanket would come higher velocity storms reaching into a 'Cat 6' designation. That hasn't happened and with this demonstration by IOKE which never accelerated over 140 knots per hour, I sincerely doubt that ever will.
I have never subscribed to that concept as I believe Earth's troposphere has a limit due to it's dependance on water vapor to regulate it's climate. As a result water as the dominant ion has a limit to the capacity to energize and expand in the size of a storm this turbulent. That is why there are multiple hurricanes/storms/typhoons rather than one huge storm that continues to grow while churning the oceans to the depths. That is fantasy and is not possible with the limits water physics on Earth.
