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.
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.
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.
By Dave Ornauer
Published: September 30, 2012
All clear sounded at 3:30 a.m. for all U.S. bases in Kanto Plain. PST signing off for now.
By Dave Ornauer
Published: September 30, 2012
9:50 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, Japan time: Kanto Plain bases now in TCCOR 1-E (emergency). Sustained 58-mph winds or greater now occurring. ALL outside activity prohibited.
By Dave Ornauer
Published: September 30, 2012
8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, Japan time: TCCOR 1-C (caution) declared for all U.S. bases in the Kanto Plain. Non-essential travel suspended. Non-essential personnel stay indoors. Monitor official sources for TCCOR changes.
By Dave Ornauer
Published: September 30, 2012
5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, Japan time: Jelawat was downgraded to a tropical storm by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in its 40th warning on the storm, marking Jelawat’s 10-day birthday.
Jelawat still is prowling offshore south of Honshu, but is expected to make landfall near Nagoya later this evening, then begin to shear apart as it interacts with land.
By Dave Ornauer
Published: September 30, 2012
3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, Japan time: Okinawa resumed seasonal Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 4. Hazardous conditions and winds no longer present; return to normal duties.
By Dave Ornauer
Published: September 30, 2012
1:45 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, Japan time: Jelawat has remained a strong Category 1-equivalent typhoon, packing 75-mph sustained winds and 92-mph gusts as it moves northeast like a rocket sled on rails at 30 mph toward landfall just west of Hamamatsu later this afternoon.
All U.S. Kanto Plain bases are now in Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 1. Camp Fuji should see the worst of it, a near-direct hit at around 7 p.m. The remaining Kanto bases should be slightly southeast of Jelawat’s trajectory, but forecasts at Yokosuka Naval Base still call for 35- to 45-mph sustained winds and 60-mph gusts tonight into early Monday morning.
By Dave Ornauer
Published: September 29, 2012
Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness Storm Watch declared for Okinawa. Storm moving away from island but still being watched in case destructive winds return.
