AUGUST 25, 2016, THURSDAY
Intensifying typhoon LIONROCK is hovering in north west Pacific Ocean presently just a few hundred kilometres from Okinawa.
Unlike most west Pacific Ocean tropical cyclones this one did not emerge from lower latitudes in the sea east of Philippines but came from North Pacific.
Forecast models seem divided as to where the storm will go.
In the next couple of days it will retract its steps and strengthen further. Our estimate is by Saturday-Sunday it will be a category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 240 km/h.
It will then weaken a little and slam into central Japan near Tokyo on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 with winds in excess of 200 km/h.
Worrisome for people of Japan.
0000 hours GMT, August 25, 2016
POSITION: About 900 kilometres roughly east of Taipei
WIND SPEED: Sustained- 200 km/h, Gusts- 240 km/h
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