StormScanWx wrote:How rare or common is it to have development in the CPAC, such as Ioke?
I answered this question in another thread or at least explained something about it. It's not common for there to be a home-grown tropical storm in the Cpac ocean but the past 3 years had 1 TD in that basin. The last time there was a named storm that was home-grown in the Cpac was 2002 which was a "busy" year.
Looking at the images, this can't be 35 knots anymore. There is a large burst of deep convection at the center and everything is going well for Ioke. The 2nd discussion was excellent and I totally agreed with it. It was very long and detailed which is another plus. The 3rd one was not so good because it was very short and had the strength still at 35 knots?? I hope who ever written the 2nd discussion (Nash) writes them the most for Ioke since I enjoyed that one.
The track, I would like to see it go most west so that it can strengthen more and maybe enter in the Wpac which would be fun. The models last night all had the same track!