Typhoons #27 and #28

[Samurai_Jerk]

Now it looks like we have to worry about Francisco.

Just one week following a deadly dousing from Typhoon Wipha, a second typhoon could deluge Japan. On the heels of Wipha comes super typhoon Francisco, about 250 miles west-northwest of Guam, tracking north-northwestward.

Long-term track guidance takes super typhoon Francisco on a course generally towards Japan, with another round of rain and wind possible some time between Wednesday and Friday next week.

[Coligny]

920 hPa... That shit is getting really old... Starting to think aboot putting an highlift kit on the whip

[yanpa]

So what happens when two typhoons collide?

typhoon-27-28.jpg

[matsuki]

Fuuuuuuuu when are they going to start making titanium umbrellas?

[Coligny]

So what happens when two typhoons collide?

typhoon-27-28.jpg

Russel gonna make fun of me and my Voltron's joke then say "I told you so"

Awww... Also... We're all going to dye horribly...

(27 is in colder water, hope to be only a tropicral strorm when he reach us)

[FG Lurker]

Looking at these tracks I expect 27 to cruise by on the coast and 28 to stay out at sea. I guess we'll know more in a few days but I'm not worrying yet.

[yanpa]

3 ~ 4 more days of dramatic news broadcasts...

Anyway I learnt that the interaction of two typhoons is called the Fujiwhara effect (sic) and that the Japanese word 台風 derives from "typhoon" (I always thought it was the other way round).

[Samurai_Jerk]

the Japanese word 台風 derives from "typhoon" (I always thought it was the other way round).

It's neither. The etymology of the word is unclear. However, the English word didn't come from the Japanese nor did the Japanese come from the English.

[Mike Oxlong]

the Japanese word 台風 derives from "typhoon" (I always thought it was the other way round).

It's neither. The etymology of the word is unclear. However, the English word didn't come from the Japanese nor did the Japanese come from the English.

I thought both the J-word and E-word came from some dialect of Chinese or another (Wiktionary postulates it's of Sinitic origin, though it seems to be unknown)...

[yanpa]

My old-fashioned Oxford English Dictionary says "partly f. Port tufao f. Arab tufan perh. f. Gk tuphon whirwind; partly from Chin. dial tai fung big wind".

[wuchan]

So what happens when two typhoons collide?

typhoon-27-28.jpg

you had to say something.

all of a sudden people in the office started freaking out thinking that saturday is going to be the end of days because the two storms are going to smash into each other directly over tokyo.

[yanpa]

Nah, I'd say they're more likely to collide somewhere off the coast of Fukushima.

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It all depends on the Fujuwhara effect, of course.

[dimwit]

Typhoons don't generally collide. The Fujiwara effect states that two cyclonic storm will start to rotate around each other. What this means is the spectulated path of the typhoons is going to be far more of a crap shoot than usual. Typhoon 28 could block Typhoon 27 or force it to reverse directions.

I good definition of the Fujiwara effect can be found here

http://weather.about.com/od/hurricanefo ... iwhara.htm

This video shows a good example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgwA6NkA90w

[matsuki]

I keep hearing mixed reports...is this shit even going to brush Tokyo?

[Samurai_Jerk]

Typhoons don't generally collide. The Fujiwara effect states that two cyclonic storm will start to rotate around each other. What this means is the spectulated path of the typhoons is going to be far more of a crap shoot than usual. Typhoon 28 could block Typhoon 27 or force it to reverse directions.

I good definition of the Fujiwara effect can be found here

http://weather.about.com/od/hurricanefo ... iwhara.htm

This video shows a good example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgwA6NkA90w

It's spelled Fujiwhara dammit!

[yanpa]

I keep hearing mixed reports...is this shit even going to brush Tokyo?

The latests forecasts show it heading over the sea, but heavy rain still expected on Friday/Saturday.

[matsuki]

I keep hearing mixed reports...is this shit even going to brush Tokyo?

The latests forecasts show it heading over the sea, but heavy rain still expected on Friday/Saturday.

Tis good to know...wonder how MotoGP is going to handle this. Everything on their website just says "delayed"