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RE: Typhoon Usagi

Blobrana · L

Typhoon Usagi is forecast to strike land in Japan
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 100% currently
        probability for TS is 100% currently

    Hiroshima (34.4 N, 132.4 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 90% within 12 hours
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours

    Saga (33.0 N, 133.0 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 65% within 12 hours
        probability for TS is 100% currently

    Matsue (35.4 N, 133.0 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 65% in about 24 hours
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours

Blobrana · L

This picture shows an image taken by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite on July 31, 2007 which is overlain on an infrared (IR) map from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS).

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Credit NASA

Dark red indicates the distribution of rain of 50mm per hour intensity.
The largest area of rain is on the west side of the storm.

Blobrana · L

Typhoon Usagi is forecast to strike land in Japan
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 90% in about 24 hours
        probability for TS is 95% in about 24 hours

    Hiroshima (34.4 N, 132.4 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 65% in about 36 hours
        probability for TS is 80% in about 36 hours

    Saga (33.0 N, 133.0 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 55% in about 36 hours
        probability for TS is 95% in about 24 hours

    Kumamoto (32.7 N, 130.7 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 55% in about 36 hours
        probability for TS is 85% in about 24 hours

    Matsue (35.4 N, 133.0 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 50% in about 48 hours
        probability for TS is 75% in about 36 hours

    Fukuoka (33.6 N, 130.4 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 40% in about 36 hours
        probability for TS is 75% in about 36 hours

Blobrana · L

The Aqua satellite captured this image of Typhoon Usagi in the western Pacific when it was just southwest of Iwo Jima, on July 31. The storm had become a Category Two storm with winds of 167 kilometres per hour and gusts to 200 km/hr.

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Credit: NASA

The Joint Typhoon Warning Centre has predicted that Usagi would strengthen into a Category Four storm and weaken slightly before striking southern Japan on August 2.

Blobrana · L

Typhoon Usagi is forecast to strike land in Japan
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 45% in about 72 hours
        probability for TS is 70% in about 48 hours

    Kagoshima (31.5 N, 130.5 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 40% in about 72 hours
        probability for TS is 60% in about 48 hours

    Kumamoto (32.7 N, 130.7 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 72 hours
        probability for TS is 50% in about 72 hours

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Blobrana · L

Typhoon Usagi is forecast to strike land in Japan

probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 72 hours
probability for TS is 55% in about 72 hours