Tag: cyclone

• Typhoon Soulik-Closing Eye

  Typhoon Soulik is experiencing what meteorologists call an eyewall replacement cycle.  Major hurricanes commonly undergo this transformation when winds exceed 100 knots (115 mph/185 kph).  An outer eyewall can develop as the eye becomes smaller in size and surrounding thunderstorms intensify.  Soulik has weakened due to the outer wall overtaking the inner wall and closing the…

  Tashiana Osborne Cherké

  July 12, 2013

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• Typhoon Soulik-Headed for China

  The tropical system named Soulik nearing the Philippines has been classified as an intensifying Typhoon.   At 1500 UTC (11 am EDT) today, the eye of the storm was located about 678 nautical miles east-southeast of Kadena Air Base in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Winds have quickly risen to 95 knots (109 mph/175 kph), with gusts up to 115…

  Tashiana Osborne Cherké

  July 9, 2013

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