Typhoon Songda

Just thought I’ve give a quick update, as you can see from the picture to the left Typhoon Songda is closing in on Okinawa and we are currently at TCCOR 1C.

“TCCOR 1 Caution: Destructive winds of 50 knots or greater are anticipated within 12 hours. Actual winds are 34-49 knots.”

1 Knot = 1.15077945 mph

  However, with the last weather update it is only a category 2 typhoon.  Which means I’ve had worst normal thunderstorms in NE.  Yes there will be wind, currently aprox. 44 mph, and rain, predicted 10ins over the course of the weekend, but nothing both we and Okinawa cannot handle.  I will post another update in the morning when we get up letting everyone know everything is ok.

For those that are curious, in the below picture you can see what the wind speeds are for each category of typhoon.

Finally, for the latest information and current TCCOR level for Okinawa see the below links.

Current TCCOR Level

http://weather.kadenaforcesupport.com/update/tccor.htm

Weather Underground

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=okinawa&wuSelect=WEATHER&MR=1

Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

http://www.usno.navy.mil/JTWC/

Hope you have a good morning and enjoy the weekend!

- Brandon

Comments

[Brandon]

We are now at TCCOR 1E.

TCCOR 1 Emergency: Actual winds of 50 knots or greater.
All outside activity is prohibited.