Typhoon NEOGURI Forms– South China Seas

[Stuart Robinson]

The first “Officialâ€￾ tropical Cyclone of the 2008 season in the Northern hemisphere has formed. NEOGURI is currently a CAT1 967Mb storm. NEOGURI is forecast to make landfall on Friday on the South China Island of Hainan (population 8 Million) as a CAT2 storm. While another solution from the ECMWF moves the Typhoon to the East of the Island

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[Stuart Robinson]

Neoguri is now a CAT2 Typhoon with a well pronouced eye wall. Central pressure is now sampled at 960mb.

Current track forcasts is forever trending East which now puts Hong Kong itself at risk

 

[Jim Leonard]

The cool dry air this early in the season should weaken this storm quite rapidly before it makes landfall in China. It is quite rare to have a typhoon in the south China sea in April.