Tropical Storm Chaba (Katring/16W)
As of 12 p.m. PST, October 25, 2010 - 17.2N 130.6E
- 1092.68 km. South-Southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan
- currently moving northwestward @ 11 kph
- maximum sustained winds: 83 kph
- gustiness winds: 102 kph
- minimum sea level pressure: 992 MB
- maximum sea wave height: 17 feet
- heading towards Okinawa, Japan area
- Saffir-Simpson Typhoon Scale: Tropical Storm
Latest satellite imagery depicts that Tropical Storm Chaba has improved it's deep convection banding for the past 6 hours along the southern and western periphery of the low level circulation center (LLCC). Numerical weather guidance models support the intensification of this system within the next 2-3 days. On October 26. it shall anticipated to move NW-Northward @ 24 kph as a Typhoon (Category 1) with a maximum sustained winds of 130 kph. It shall resume it's N-NNE track as it moves toward the Okinawa, Japan area on Thursday as a Typhoon (Category 2) with a maximum sustained winds of 158 kph/167 kph. It shall continue tracking it's NE direction as Category 1 system after passing Okinawa area late Saturday morning.
Precautionary measures must be properly implemented along the projected area.
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