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Tropical Storm 22W (Prapiroon), # 1

By Dave Ornauer
Published: October 7, 2012

11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 8, Japan time: PST is keeping an eyeball on Tropical Storm Prapiroon, which spawned overnight Sunday and is lurking nearly 800 miles south-southeast of Okinawa, drifting slowly west.

Joint Typhoon Warning Center says Japan and Korea appear safe for the moment, while Okinawa could feel some of its effects by next week, though a direct hit appears unlikely.

Joint Region Marianas sets TCCOR 3 for Guam

By Dave Ornauer
Published: October 3, 2012

5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, Guam time: Andersen Air Force Base and Naval Base Guam at 3 p.m. were each placed in Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 3, in anticipation of destructive winds of 58 mph or greater forecast to begin early Friday.

A JRM release stated that military personnel are securing facilities and housing residents are instructed to begin heavy-weather preparedness efforts.

Guam base residents can get updates on conditions by visiting JRM's Facebook page or follow on Twitter @jrmguam.

Tropical Depression 20W, # 1

By Dave Ornauer
Published: October 1, 2012

6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, Japan time: Pacific Storm Tracker has its eye on a new tropical depression that spawned Sunday northeast of Guam and is forecast to make a zigzag walk northwest through the Northern Marianas Islands, then curve northeast around the Iwo chain and remain well off Japan’s east coast.

While it doesn’t look to be a threat (yet), the forecast track has varied by almost 100 miles west in the last six hours. Local forecast at Yokosuka Naval Base calls for winds to start picking up, 30-mph gusts Wednesday morning. As always, PST’s got your back, Kanto peeps.

Super Typhoon 18W (Jelawat) by the numbers

By Dave Ornauer
Published: October 1, 2012

Some facts and figures of the impact on Okinawa from Super Typhoon Jelawat:

-- Maximum sustained 87-mph winds and 137-mph gusts at 1:23 p.m. Saturday.

 
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About the Author


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.