tmagan Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Talk about a pinhole eye surrounded by minus eighty degree Celsius cloud tops on all sides on Muifa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick05 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 hawt!! from a 110kph TS to a 215kph Cat-4 typhoon in less than TWELVE Hours!!!! one of the fasters RI i've seen!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 This thing has got to be Cat 5 by now, or pretty darn close to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick05 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 indeed it has! TPPN11 PGTW 301514 A. TYPHOON 11W (MUIFA)B. 30/1432ZC. 16.6ND. 132.4EE. ONE/MTSATF. T7.0/7.0/D3.5/24HRS STT: D1.0/06HRSG. IR/EIRH. REMARKS: 05A/PBO IRREG EYE/ANMTN. OFF HOUR FIX DUE TO CONTINUED RAPID INTENSIFICATION. EYE IS 12NM IN DIAMETER. CMG SURROUNDING RING YIELDS AN EYE NUMBER OF 6.5. WITH AN OW EYE, THIS IS ADJUSTED +0.5 FOR A DT 7.0. PT IS 6.0+. DBO DT. DUE TO RAPID INTENSIFICATION CONSTRAINTS CONTINUE TO BE BROKEN.I. ADDITIONAL POSITIONS: 30/1043Z 16.5N 132.8E SSMS HOUGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 12NM eye, that's almost a pinhole one. It has an amazing presentation...probably sub 900mb, or going for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 hello wilma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Now that is what I'm talking about. Chinacanes FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Has a head start on Saomai and Wipha, anyway. Anyone better versed in longer term West Pac cyclone lore know the strongest typhoon to hit the PRC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil882 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Amazing! Wow... by far the most impressive microwave I've seen since Wilma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil882 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I know its ADT but still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 good lord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I know its ADT but still more in line with reality than all the others...i was just looking at satcon and my guess is that it is wayyyy off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 could have an unbroken ring of VDG and a little more eye clarity, but that's about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 oh boy look at these trochoidal wobbles: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/guam/guamloops/guamir.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil882 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 oh boy look at these trochoidal wobbles: http://www.goes.noaa...ops/guamir.html Its likely at its peak intensity right now... only a matter of time before we get a EWRC... as is though, you are not going to get a much stronger cyclone as it has pretty much reached its MPI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Its likely at its peak intensity right now... only a matter of time before we get a EWRC... as is though, you are not going to get a much strong cyclone as it has pretty much reached its MPI. Well, you can see the secondary forming on that latest microwave but it still looks to be a ways off. This one may take a hit simply from spinning too hard and violently. Maybe the pinhole will just collapse spectacularly like we saw with Parma a while back. Cloud tops are warming a bit too now, so I agree with your assessment about it peaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 beautiful environment: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 So...freaking...awesome. P451: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Pretty intense eyewall its got goin' on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Reimer Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Pretty intense eyewall its got goin' on My amazement for this can only be summed up on one emotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 hot off the presses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 wilma-sized eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 So...freaking...awesome. P451: Nice trochoidal wobbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Looks like there might be some northerly shear affecting Muifa... northern semicircle is getting eroded somewhat. But wow, great cyclone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 It's a shame so many beautiful super typhoons go without recon. If you look at the list of most intense tropical cyclones in the West Pac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_intense_tropical_cyclones), the list is seriously lacking storms from the 90s and 00s, but is full of them from the earlier recon era. Then you get an occasional one from during a field campaign (such as Megi 2010) that looks about the same as Muifa on IR and microwave, gets an 885 mb in-situ measurement, but would otherwise only be given a pressure of 910 or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeznado Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I think this thing has peaked- not sure why JTWC has it going up to 155kts?!? That would be nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I think this thing has peaked- not sure why JTWC has it going up to 155kts?!? That would be nuts! Gusts to 190 knots. Definitely has peaked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Haven't looked at microwave, but just looking at eye warming and a ring of -80º clouds away from the eye, I think the EWRC has begun. If nothing interferes, it is moving slowly enough it could have time to build back to nearly this intensity, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 0z euro still barking like crazy. Have to see what 12z does. It skids the coast, which could be really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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