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.

Typhoon Sanba information:

Maximum Sustained Winds: 85 mph

Wind Gusts: 105 mph

Pressure: 973 mb

Position: 14.2N 130.0E

Movement: NW at 8 mph

Typhoon Sanba satellite imagery:

Typhoon Sanba Infrared/Microwave satellite loop: