Monster Typhoon - Choi-wan

Some horrifying facts of this monster storm:

A) NASA satellite imagery showed that the tops of the thunderstorms are so high they reached the tropopause, the level of atmosphere between the troposphere and stratosphere. Those high thunderstorms mean very heavy rainfall for the area underneath. The cloud tops extended to the 200 millibar level in the atmosphere where temperatures are as cold or colder than -63 Fahrenheit.

B) Sustained winds of 160 miles per hour (with gusts up to 315 mph).

C) Over 1,000 miles wide.

D) Waves at the center are 12 meters (39 feet) high.

Fortunately, its forecast path is not aiming at any population center.

颱風巨爵之威力。

此片段由專業追風者James Reynolds提供。

台風6號: 風神

在菲律賓以東的雲團終發展成為今年第六個颱風，但各國氣象台有不同甚至分野甚大的預測路徑，相信與其北方盤據在台灣一帶的副熱帶高壓稍後是否消失有關。只有美軍方聯合颱風警報中心指風神會西進並進入南海，有趣。



以下則是每數分鐘也更新的風神走勢圖。其誤差之大也是近年小見。