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Written by Reed Patrick Timmer
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Saturday, 27 September 2008 08:58 |
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Super-Typhoon Jangmi is currently a monster, with a textbook 18 nm perfectly clear eye, and maximum sustained winds of 135 knots with gusts up to 165 knots!!! The center of this intense typhoon is 275 nm southeast of Taipei, Taiwan, and is heading west-northwesterly at 13 knots. Jangmi is expected to weaken slightly before landfall due to relatively cool sea surface temperatures immediately east of the island, but is still expected to pack maximum sustained winds of at least 120 knots at landfall. I heard from James Reynolds yesterday, and he said he's currently heading south from Hong Kong to Taiwan for intercept. He's likely positioning on the island today somewhere south of Taipei on the east coast of the island. I'll let you know if I hear any updates..
The official track of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center shows Super-typhoon Jangmi making landfall just north of the east-central coast of Taiwan in the midst of a recurve to the northeast. Given a slight acceleration of the forward speed, the typhoon will likely make landfall just before 12z on the 29th. I'm sure James will have video from inside the stadium-effect eye by then!
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