Typhoon Ma-on heads for Japan - Democratic Underground

pscot

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Sat Jul-16-11 10:45 AM
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Typhoon Ma-on heads for Japan

Powerful Category 4 Typhoon Ma-on is headed westward over the West Pacific Ocean, but is expected to encounter a trough of low pressure this weekend that will recurve the storm to the north and northeast, bringing it very close to the coast of Japan early next week. With water temperatures along the path of the typhoon ranging from 28 - 30°C, and wind shear expected to remain in the moderate range, 10 - 20 knots, Ma-on has the potential to hit Japan as a major Category 3 storm.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/article.html

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Odin2005

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Sat Jul-16-11 02:40 PM
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1. That storm is really huge in size.

If it weren't for the dry air messing up it's north side it would be as big as Typhoon Tip of 1979, the biggest tropical cyclone ever recorded.

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