Super Typhoon Songda – Day 5
Position: 18.7N 123.9E [ 9PM CST 0300 UTC 1200 JST].
Movement: North-Northwest [330°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 150 mph [240 kph].
Wind Gusts: 185 mph [295 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 190 miles [305 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 50 miles [ 80 km].
Currently about 310 miles [ 500 km] Northeast of Manila, Philippines.
Songda is still on track for Okinawa on Saturday. It should lose some strength before then as the sea surface temperatures are cooler further North and there is some shear in that area.
Weakened a bit overnight [local time], but still a nasty piece of work.
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