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Typhoon Sinlaku - Update 6 - 0400hrs - 16Sep2008 (Updated)
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by JAWnOn | September 15, 2008 at 12:02 pm
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Scattered rains continue to make late night/early morning appearances on the main Ryukyu island of Okinawa as Tyhpoon Sinlaku slowly moves away from Taiwan. The latest prediction by the Japanese Meteorological Agency as to where this week-old system will hit next remains extremely unpredictable as it moves towards mainland Japan.
*As of 2100hrs, the system continues to move towards mainland Japan, but has not regained wind strength.
For a review of the history of Typhoon Sinlaku click on the update links below:
Here it Comes
Update 1 - 0830hrs 11Sep2008
Update 2 - 1730hrs 11Sep08
Update 3 - 0945 12Sep08
Update 4 - 1900hrs 14Sep08 (Updated)
Update 5 - 0700hrs 15Sep08 (Updated)
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at 14:24 on September 15th, 2008
Many thanks for the updates.
at 16:51 on September 15th, 2008
You're welcome. Because this system has been all over the place, I'll keep updating as it passes through the area.
at 18:26 on September 15th, 2008
JAWnOn, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 18:29 on September 15th, 2008
Typhoon Sinlaku (International Designation: 0813 JTWC Designation: 15W PAGASA name: Marce) was the 13th named storm and the ninth typhoon recognised by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center also recognised Sinlaku as The Tenth Typhoon, 14th Tropical storm, & the 15th Tropical Depression of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season.
The name Sinlaku was one of the ten original names submitted to the WMOs Typhoon Committee for use from January 1,2000 by Micronesia. It was last used in the 2002 Pacific typhoon season to name a tropical storm and and refers to the Legendary Kosrae Goddess. [1]
Typhoon Sinlaku formed as a tropical depression on September 7 to the northeast of Manila, with PAGASA naming the depression as Marce. The JMA then upgraded the depression to a tropical storm the next day with the JMA assigning the name Sinlaku to the storm. During September 9 Sinlaku was first upgraded to a severe tropical storm and then to a Category One Typhoon and before the day was out Sinlaku had intenisifed into a category Two Typhoon. During the tenth Sinlaku carried on intensifying firstly into a Category Three and then a Category Four typhoon with winds of 125 knots.
at 18:27 on September 16th, 2008
Thank you all for the great additional footage.
at 01:09 on September 17th, 2008
Down here on the south edge of Taichung City there was relatively little typhoon damage to speak of. I was sad to see this tree uprooted - it had provided me with shade from the midday sun on many occasions when picking up my son from school.
Naruwan has contributed a photo to this story.