Super Typhoon Yutu

[Somerset Squall]

I have been following the second storm of the NW pacific typhoon season, and am amazed at the rate it has bombed. It was originally forecasted to become a category 1 as it curved northeast away from the phillipines, but very quickly it has intensified to a category 4 with sustained winds of 125mph gusting to 135mph!

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BULLETIN

TYPHOON YUTU (02W) ADVISORY NUMBER 17

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU

200 AM GUAM LST MON MAY 21 2007

...YUTU NOW A POWERFUL CATEGORY 4 TYPHOON...

NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT.

AT 1 AM GUAM LST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON YUTU WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 135.9 DEGREES

EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 760 MILES NORTH OF YAP

750 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUAM

650 MILES WEST OF AGRIHAN AND

540 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IWO JIMA.

TYPHOON YUTU IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH. YUTU IS EXPECTED

TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 145 MPH. YUTU IS NOW A

POWERFUL CATEGORY 4 TYPHOON ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. YUTU IS

EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY WEAKEN...LIKELY BECOMING A CATEGORY 2 TYPHOON

LATE THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO

160 MILES FROM THE CENTER. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO

60 MILES FROM THE CENTER.

REPEATING THE 1 AM GUAM LST POSITION...LATITUDE 20.3 DEGREES NORTH

AND LONGITUDE 135.9 DEGREES EAST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH WITH

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 145 MPH.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE AT 8 AM GUAM LST.

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HENDRICKS

Scrap that, 145mph! I'm not sure what has caused it to intensify so quickly, must be very favourable conditions out there. This won't effect land and is forecast to weaken from here on in, but a interesting storm nonetheless.

[Rustynailer]

People are lucky that storm will stay at sea by the sound of things, 145mph is a real killer.

Russ