Ultra bombing typhoon Muifa

[James Reynolds]

Totally speechless... and now I'm getting my act together to be able to compose a post.

I left the house 12 hours ago as tropical storm Muifa looked to be undergoing some pretty impressive rapid intensification into a typhoon. An now come the early hours Wpac time it would appear Muifa has undergone some of the most intense bombing I've ever seen in a tropical cyclone.

JTWC carrying this at T7.0:

658
TPPN11 PGTW 301514

A. TYPHOON 11W (MUIFA)

B. 30/1432Z

C. 16.6N

D. 132.4E

E. ONE/MTSAT

F. T7.0/7.0/D3.5/24HRS STT: D1.0/06HRS

G. IR/EIR

H. REMARKS: 05A/PBO IRREG EYE/ANMTN. OFF HOUR FIX DUE TO
CONTINUED RAPID INTENSIFICATION. EYE IS 12NM IN DIAMETER. CMG
SURROUNDING RING YIELDS AN EYE NUMBER OF 6.5. WITH AN OW EYE,
THIS IS ADJUSTED +0.5 FOR A DT 7.0. PT IS 6.0+. DBO DT. DUE TO
RAPID INTENSIFICATION CONSTRAINTS CONTINUE TO BE BROKEN.

I. ADDITIONAL POSITIONS:
30/1043Z 16.5N 132.8E SSMS


HOUGH

I wish I hadn't spent the day away (and had a few too many weekend beers.) This looks to be a historic storm!

 

[aaron.burkham]

The swells its creating here in guam are huge! Biggest surf ive seen this year.

 

[MClarkson]

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/flt/t2/loop-vis.html

very small core, good for RI. Looks like the CDO is all of about a degree in diameter, with a lot of outflow/feeder bands.

 

[James Reynolds]

!

Muifa's been suffering today and is no longer the incredible storm it was yesterday but is still a formidable typhoon and a major threat to the Ryuku islands and China. One to keep a close eye on especially if it starts re-intensifying!