Typhoon 18W (Jelawat), # 3
Published: September 23, 2012
6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, Japan time: Say it ain’t so. Please.
With every passing Joint Typhoon Warning Center six-hour update comes more evidence that Typhoon Jelawat might be an unwelcome visit to the Okinawa area sometime during the weekend, though the various computer-generated dynamic aids used to formulate storm tracks still are spread all over the yard – a spread of nearly 1,000 miles, the JTWC reports.
Thus, it could strike as far west as the Philippines and as far east as Okinawa. The current JTWC track projects Jelawat to rumble directly over Ishigaki Island late Friday afternoon, about 305 miles southwest of Okinawa at 3 p.m., with a possible curve northeast after that. How far northeast and whether Okinawa, Japan or Korea are on the itinerary remains to be seen.
Currently, Jelawat appears stuck some 560 miles east-southeast of Manila and 980 miles south of Okinawa. It’s forecast to track north starting in several hours, curve a bit northwest toward Taiwan at mid-week, then back north toward Ishigaki.
As always, PST has got you covered on the info side.
