Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 29, 2012 at 1200 local time (JST)

Typhoon Jelawat information:

Maximum Sustained Winds: 115 mph

Wind Gusts: 145 mph

Pressure: 945 mb

Position: 26.1N 127.4E

Movement: NE at 18 mph

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 28, 2012 at 2100 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 190 nm southwest of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked northeastward at 11 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 40 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery continues to indicate a slight weakening trend over the past six hours with a 29 nm eye evident.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 28, 2012 at 1500 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 250 nm southwest of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked north-northeastward at 12 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 41 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery indicates a slight weakening trend over the past six hours with a 26 nm cloud-filled eye evident.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 28, 2012 at 0900 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 300 NM southwest of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked north-northeasttward at 8 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 44 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery continues to indicate an intense system with a 19 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 27, 2012 at 1500 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 410 nm south-southwest of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked north-northwestward at 9 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 45 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery continues to indicate an intense system with a 37 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 27, 2012 at 0300 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 455 nm south-southwest of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked northwestward at 9 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 45 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery reveals a very well organized storm with a thick ring of deep convection and a large 30 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 26, 2012 at 2100 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 495 nm south-southwest of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked northwestward at 5 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 45 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery shows the system has completed an eyewall replacement over the past 24 hours, ending in a bigger 25 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 26, 2012 at 1500 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 505 nm south of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked northwestward at 9 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 47 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery shows the system has completed an eyewall replacement over the past 24 hours, ending in a bigger 22 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 26, 2012 at 0900 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 360 nm east-northeast of Manila, Philippines, has tracked northwestward at 3 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 47 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery depicts a solid band of deep convection surrounding a 15 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 26, 2012 at 0300 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 365 nm east-northeast of Manila, Philippines, has tracked northwestward at 6 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 47 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery depicts a solid band of deep convection surrounding a 17 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 25, 2012 at 2100 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 385 nm east-northeast of Manila, Philippines, has tracked north-northwestward at 6 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 48 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery depicts a solid band of deep convection surrounding a 10 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 25, 2012 at 0900 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 400 nm east of Manila, Philippines, has tracked northward at 4 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 45 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery depicts a solid band of deep convection surrounding a 10 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 25, 2012 at 0300 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 400 nm east of Manila, Philippines, has tracked north-northwestward at 6 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 42 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery depicts a solid band of deep convection surrounding a 20 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 24, 2012 at 1500 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 415 nm east of Manila, Philippines, has tracked north-northwestward at 8 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 35 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery depicts an intense system with a 13 nm round eye and a tightly-curved spiral band wrapping from the northwest quadrant into the south quadrant. 

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 24, 2012 at 0300 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (18W) Jelawat is currently located approximately 470 nm east-southeast of Manila, Philippines, has tracked north-northwestward at 5 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 31 feet.

- Super Typhoon Jelawat has rapidly intensified over the past 24 hours with a 75 mph increase.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 16, 2012 at 0300 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 17 nm east of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked northward at 11 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 48 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery the system has maintained very deep convective bands tightly wrapped into a symmetrical 31 nm eye.
- Typhoon Sanba made landfall in Okinawa at around 0600, September 16. Lowest barometric pressure recorded was 948.3 mb. Sustained winds were recorded at 62 mph with gusts of 106 mph.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 15, 2012 at 2100 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 115 nm south-southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked north-northwestward at 12 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 48 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery the system has maintained very deep convective bands tightly wrapped into a symmetrical 30 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 15, 2012 at 1500 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 190 nm south-southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked north-northwestward at 12 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 48 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery depicts a very large tightly wrapped system with a 25 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 15, 2012 at 0900 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 250 nm south-southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked north-northwestward at 11 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 48 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery depicts a very large tightly wrapped system with a redeveloping eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 15, 2012 at 0300 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 300 nm south-southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked northward at 13 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 50 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery depicts a very large tightly wrapped system with a 7 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 14, 2012 at 2100 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 380 nm south-southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked northward at 12 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 53 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery depicts a very large tightly wrapped system that has maintained a consistent 13 nm eye with the bulk of the deep convection over the southern semi-circle .

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 14, 2012 at 1500 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 450 nm south-southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked northward at 10 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 57 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery continues to depict a well-organized system with a symmetric core of deep convection surrounding a 13 nm eye that has slightly contracted over the past six hours.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 14, 2012 at 0900 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 500 nm south-southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked northward at 11 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 54 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery continues to depict a well-organized system with a symmetric 190-200 nm core of deep convection surrounding a 18 nm eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 14, 2012 at 0300 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 565 nm south-southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked northward at 10 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 50 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery depict a rapidly consolidating system with a symmetric 180 nm diameter central dense overcast feature and a 18 nm round eye.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 13, 2012 at 2100 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Super Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 600 nm south of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked northward at 8 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 40 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery reveals a 20 nm eye completely encircled by a thick ring of deep convection with no banding outside of this ring.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 13, 2012 at 1500 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 650 NM south of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked north-northwestward at 10 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 34 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery reveals a persistent 18 NM eye completely encircled by deep convection over the past six hours as the system continues to undergo rapid intensification.
- Typhoon Sanba should continue rapid intensification as there is low of vertical wind shear acting upon the system, favorable upper level environment and favorable sea surface temperatures (84-86 degrees fahrenheit).

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 13, 2012 at 0900 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 700 NM south-southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked north-northwestward at 8 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 30 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery reveals a 14 NM eye has developed over the past few hours as the system continues to undergo rapid intensification.
- Typhoon Sanba is expected to continue tracking north-northwestward over the next 12 hours and will continue to strengthen as upper level conditions, coupled with warm (82-86 degrees fahrenheit) sea surface temperatures persist.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 13, 2012 at 0300 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 745 NM south of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, has tracked northwestward at 8 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 25 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery depict a rapidly consolidating system with a 180 nm diameter central dense overcast feature, 14 nm irregular eye and banding feature.
- Typhoon Sanba is forecast to to turn increasingly poleward over the next 12 hours.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 12, 2012 at 2100 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 545 NM east of Manila, Philippines, has tracked northwestward at 10 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 23 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery shows a warm pinhole cloud-filled eye surrounded by very cold central dense overcast as deep convective banding wrapped tighter into the low level circulation center (LLCC).
- Typhoon Sanba is expected to continue tracking more northward over the next 12 hours and will continue to strengthen as upper level conditions, coupled with warm (82-86 degrees fahrenheit) sea surface temperatures persist.

Currrent Tropical System

Last updated on September 12, 2012 at 1500 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Typhoon (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 590 NM east of Manila, Philippines, has tracked west-northwestward at 10 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 20 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery shows a cloud-filled pinhole eye has developed over the low level circulation center (LLCC) as deep convective banding wrapped ever tighter into the LLCC.
- Typhoon Sanba is expected to continue tracking more northward over the next 12 hours and steadily intensify as upper level conditions and warm (82-86 degrees fahrenheit) sea surface temperatures persist.

Currrent Tropical System

Last updated on September 12, 2012 at 0900 local time (JST)

Storm Update:

- Tropical Storm (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 640 NM east of Manila, Philippines, has tracked northwestward at 9 mph over the past six hours. Maximum wave height is 16 feet.

- Animated Multispectral satellite imagery shows deep convective banding wrapping tightly into all quadrants of the low level circulation center.
- TS Sanba is expected to continue tracking northwestward and steadily intensify as upper level conditions and warm (82-86 degrees fahrenheit) sea surface temperatures persist.

Current Tropical System

Last updated on September 12, 2012 at 0300 local time (JST)

Storm update:

- Tropical Storm (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 700 NM east of Manila, Philippines, has tracked northwestward at 5 mph over the past six hours.
- Has maintained organization with deep convective banding wrapping into the low level circulation center.
- TS Sanba is expected to continue tracking northward and steadily intensify as upper level conditions and warm (82-86 degrees fahrenheit) sea surface temperatures persist. Given the favorable environmental conditions, the potential exists for an increased intensification rate.

Current Tropical Systems

Last updated on September 11, 2012 at 2100 local time (JST)

 Storm update:

- Tropical Storm (17W) Sanba is currently located approximately 725 NM east of Manila, Philippines, has tracked north-northwestward at 13 mph over the past six hours.

- Has become more organized as convective banding deepened and wrapped tighter into the low level circulation center

- TS Sanba is expected to continue tracking northward and steadily intensify as upper level conditions, in addition to warm sea surface temperatures (82-86 fahrenheit), persist.