WPAC: MUIFA (Kabayan) - Tropical Depression

[Chacor]

The eye is passing over Kumejima island! Pressure there into the 954 range and winds are near 0.
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/amedas_h/today- ... eaCode=000

[StormingB81]

They way we are going now I am thinking a storm total of 16-18 inches is too high..after I quested it we are now at 16 inches!! and we are not done yet!! Can we send some to Texas?

[underthwx]

INFIDOLL you live on the southern part of the island too right? You may be getting some surge like effect right now. Good luck!

O and underthwx, just to note, most of the people in this forum currently are military in some sort of a way or another, (specifically the people in Okinawa).

Yep, we're about midway between Kadena and Naha. The wind is blowing towards the ocean...but our stairwells and everything are flooding. I can't believe how much water just came in the front door. 5 towels later and it's still wet. I give up until morning.

You going to be okay?

[Infdidoll]

INFIDOLL you live on the southern part of the island too right? You may be getting some surge like effect right now. Good luck!

O and underthwx, just to note, most of the people in this forum currently are military in some sort of a way or another, (specifically the people in Okinawa).

Yep, we're about midway between Kadena and Naha. The wind is blowing towards the ocean...but our stairwells and everything are flooding. I can't believe how much water just came in the front door. 5 towels later and it's still wet. I give up until morning.

You going to be okay?

Yeah, we'll be fine. I just hope we don't run out of towels...and the crazy thing is that we are 20 ft up off the ground and flooding. LOL

[Chacor]

Yeah, not something I'd like to be stuck in. That's fairly severe rain and winds — we do get that kind of rain on occasion here, but never with those 70-80 kt gusts.

[StormingB81]

You know the way this storm is listening and doing what it is told lets hope it doesnt just go east right back at us... Although I highly doubt it can do that

[Typhoon Hunter]

Howling like hell in Naha too, sustained winds per JMA obs jumped from 35kts (hourly average) to around 50kts! I would go out and film but totally cannot be bothered - got some shots I'm happy with at 4am this morning, yup 4am, so as you can imagine I'm pretty beat.

This has to be the most drawn out typhoon I've been through. I've gone through some slow trackers in Taiwan and Philippines such as Morakot, Sinlaku and Parma but they just dumped rain after landfall, not incessant wind!

[StormingB81]

Winds are back over 90!

[Chacor]

Up to 15 inches of rain for the day since midnight local time, according to Wunderground.

[StormingB81]

They just updated the rain..We have no had 14.60 inches of rain....add that to the 4.65 Inches of rain gives us 19.25 inches of rain in 2 days! More then what we were supposed to get! I am guessing we will be well over 20 inches when this is done!

[Chacor]

Quite incredible to look at the daily report page for Kadena and see almost every single report showing a sustained wind above 34 kt.

[RobWESTPACWX]

This is the exact situation where quick tornadoes can spin up, glad JMA put out something on it.

[Chacor]

Latest IR shot...

[Chacor]

This is the exact situation where quick tornadoes can spin up, glad JMA put out something on it.

Remains at level 1 warning, 1-5% chance of tornado or severe weather activity within 1 hour.

[somethingfunny]

Oh my goodness, y'all are taking a beat-down over there. It's only halfway finished and it looks like the backside will be stronger! Stay safe, dry, and patient!

[Chacor]

Nago, Okinawa (middle of the island) reported its peak gust at 9:59 pm local (about 75 mins ago) at 47.3 m/s (92 kt, 106 mph).

[Typhoon Hunter]

We should do a sweep stake on when the next typhoon will hit Okinawa this season - we all know it's gonna happen

Right really is bed time - have a good weekend all!

I'll leave you with incredible hourly average wind speed obs from Itokazu (elevated) which I drove past this morning in SE Okinawa:

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/amedas_h/today-91241.html?groupCode=65&areaCode=217

[RobWESTPACWX]

We should do a sweep stake on when the next typhoon will hit Okinawa this season - we all know it's gonna happen

Right really is bed time - have a good weekend all!

I'll leave you with incredible hourly average wind speed obs from Itokazu (elevated) which I drove past this morning in SE Okinawa:

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/amedas_h/today-91241.html?groupCode=65&areaCode=217

Thanks for the footage James! Hope you get some sleep.

[CrazyC83]

Based on all that data, the central pressure is likely around 952mb and the winds (1-min) around 80 kt. Good luck everyone there!

[Chacor]

Hats off to you guys on Okinawa...

Based on METARs from Kadena, timeline as follows:

Pressure below 1000 hPa: 03/0555z (2:55 pm local time Wednesday)
First 34 kt (gale force) gust: 03/1331z (10:31 pm Wednesday)
First repeated gusts of 34 kt: 03/2019z (5:19 am Thursday)
Pressure below 990 hPa: 04/0238z (11:38 am Thursday)
First repeated gusts of >40 kt: 04/0344z (12:34pm Thursday)
First reported sustained tropical storm force winds: 04/0355z (12:55pm Thursday)
First 48 kt (storm force) gust: 04/0655z (3:55 pm Thursday)
First sustained winds of >40 kt: 04/1111z (8:11 pm Thursday)
First 64 kt (hurricane force) gust: 04/1237z (9:37 pm Thursday)
Pressure below 980 hPa AND First reported sustained STS force winds: 04/1439z (11:39 pm Thursday)
First 70 kt gust: 04/1614z (1:14 am Friday)
Pressure gauge failure (974.4 hPa last report): 04/1956z – 04/1959z (4:56am – 4:59am Friday)
Peak sustained wind AND Peak gust: 05/1321z (10:21 pm Friday)

And we're still going...