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Tufão Phanfone pode chegar à Tóquio

1 de outubro de 2014 às 15:30 por César Soares

Um novo tufão se formou no Pacífico Oeste e há o risco de que o sistema atinja a capital japonesa ao longo dos próximos dias. O sistema batizado como Phanfone se formou no início da semana como uma depressão tropical e rapidamente evoluiu para uma tempestade tropical.

Segundo informações da Agência Meteorológica Japonesa (JMA – sigla em inglês) o centro de baixa pressão atmosférica é estimado em 965hPa, os ventos médios sustentados próximos ao centro são de 65 km/h, as rajadas máximas chegam aos 185 km/h o que seria equivalente a categoria 1 de furacão na escala Saffir-Simpson.

O sensor TRMM estimou a chuva pelo sistema que chegou a taxas de 50 mm/h. Como pode ser visto nas tons em vermelho da imagem a seguir.

Ainda segundo a JMA, o sisteme se desloca para oeste com velocidade de 25 km/h. Os modelos de previsão indicam a intensificação do sistema que pode atingir a categoria de super-tufão. A trajetória estimada passa exatamente por Tóquio, conforme a rota descrita na imagem a baixo.

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Intensifying Typhoon Phanfone Heads for Japan

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Typhoon Phanfone, currently over open waters of the West Pacific, may make landfall in Japan in a few days.

Image: NOAA

By Andrew Freedman15 hours ago  02.10.2014 

Typhoon Phanfone is gathering strength in the western Pacific Ocean, with projections showing that it may intensify significantly — likely to super typhoon status — before veering toward mainland Japan by Oct. 5.
Computer-model simulations on Wednesday show that the storm will likely intensify over the next few days, while moving northwest, toward extreme southwest Japan or the open East China Sea. However, winds in the upper atmosphere should turn the storm north and then northeast, potentially making a direct hit on several Japanese islands, and scoring a direct hit on Tokyo as a Category One storm.

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Japan has already been affected by three tropical cyclones this season, including Typhoon Halong, Tropical Storm Nakri and Typhoon Neguri. Southwest Japan has experienced widespread flooding from the combination of these storms and other weather systems.

Computer-model projections of the track of Typhoon Phanfone, showing the close call for Japan.

Image: WeatherBell Analytics

The European model, one of the most reliable weather-forecast models, is projecting that Typhoon Phanfone will approach Category 3 to 4 intensity, and come within a few miles of Tokyo, Japan's largest city, which has a population of about 13 million. However, the storm will be weakening at that point.
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center, which is run by the U.S. Navy and Air Force, reported that the storm is in an extremely favorable environment for intensification, including the presence of warm ocean waters beneath it and light winds in the upper atmosphere around it.

Japan will have to worry about a two-pronged threat, as there are indications that another storm will follow Phanfone on a similar track less than one week later.