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Typhoon 16W (Bolaven), # 4

By Dave Ornauer
Published: August 21, 2012

11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, Japan time: Bolaven was upgraded to Category 1-equivalent typhoon status overnight Tuesday and is creeping northwest on a forecast track expected to take it 146 miles southwest of Okinawa on Sunday evening.

Kadena Air Base 18th Wing Weather Flight’s extended forecast calls for winds to gradually pick up as the week progresses, with plenty of rainshowers in the mix. Sunday should be really gusty; expect sustained 52-mph winds with gusts up to 69 mph.

For now, Okinawa remains in tropical cyclone condition of readiness 4, but that may change soon. Begin preparing now, with a general cleanup outside the office and home for starters.

PST will keep an eye on things.

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Dave Ornauer has been with Stars and Stripes since March 5, 1981. One of his first assignments as a beat reporter in the old Japan News Bureau was “typhoon chaser,” a task which he resumed virtually full time since 2004, the year after his job, as a sports writer-photographer, moved to Okinawa and Ornauer with it.

As a typhoon reporter, Ornauer pores over Web sites managed by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center as well as U.S. government, military and local weather outlets for timely, topical information. Pacific Storm Tracker is designed to take the technical lingo published on those sites and simplify it for the average Stripes reader.