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iCyclone Typhoon Chasing Expedition - Fall 2013


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Isn't it true that one could assume the forward speed of the storm can be added (to the northern eyewall in this case) to the sustained winds?

Actually, the translational speed is already taken into consideration when determining the 1-minute maximum sustained wind speed. It's not like adding a 20 mph forward speed to a 195 mph MSW to get a MSW of 215 mph. In this case, it's highly likely that the MSW of 195 mph is located in the NE quad.

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Yes,they're certainly in the eye wall, to clarify, we were discussing whether they would be inside the eyewall, i.e., in the clearing of the eye.

They will be in the eyewall, they don't have to be in the middle of the eyewall to be considered in it.

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Gotta wonder if the nrn eyewall having passed over a little bit of land may affect how things play out for Josh.  It's certainly not going to weaken it by any significant margin, but you have to wonder if that little bit of increased friction is going to weaken the sustained winds ever so slightly but increase the downward turbulent flux of even higher momentum air and increase gust intensity.

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Wow, just wow.  In the northern eyewall of a rapidly moving Cat 5+ storm.  Probably some of the strongest winds a hurricane chaser has ever experienced.  Reminds me of the Charlie video of that gas station being shredded.  It almost looks like he could just very briefly break out into the eye.  We probably will not hear from him for sometime, that city is going to have horrific damage.

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With 50k people in Tanauan, and the spread of digital cameras on cell phones, I suspect there's a good chance someone will get the holy grail picture, though it won't look as good as if one of the pros snapped it.

 

Tanauan is where you need to be for stadium effect shots. Looks like Josh may barely clip the northeastern portion of the eye, but overall he is just going to take a beating.

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 The fairly populated Tacloban city, to Tanuan area are getting the full brunt of it..There is a 3500 ft ridge it has to cross, but not until it gets to the other side of Leyte.  After it crosses the ridge the next populated area it will get is the north coast of Panay. 

 

Just for reference.

 

 

 

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Typhoon “YOLANDA” has made second landfall over Dulag-Tolosa Leyte with maximum sustained winds of 235 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 275 kph.

 

That would put it around 146 mph sustained at landfall by their account.

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