Battening down the hatches for Hagibis

[bpo]

Greetings. I escaped to Japan from the SoCal firepit just in time for a supposed "super typhoon". Yay. It's forecast to hit over the long weekend and many Japanese people have long-held plans to be out of town (and a lot of weddings), so there's a fair bit of grumbling going on around the place. The good news is every other typhoon I've experienced in Japan was similarly predicted to be a major event and every one of them turned out to be nothing much more than a bit of rain and a stiff breeze. Perhaps Hagibis will likewise turn out to be another fizzer? We'll see.

[Razor]

Greetings. I escaped to Japan from the SoCal firepit just in time for a supposed "super typhoon". Yay. It's forecast to hit over the long weekend and many Japanese people have long-held plans to be out of town (and a lot of weddings), so there's a fair bit of grumbling going on around the place. The good news is every other typhoon I've experienced in Japan was similarly predicted to be a major event and every one of them turned out to be nothing much more than a bit of rain and a stiff breeze. Perhaps Hagibis will likewise turn out to be another fizzer? We'll see.

See the Rugby World Cup thread for more discussion on Hagibus

[bpo]

Thanks, but I'm interested in the typhoon, not rugby.

Local temps have rocketed today after cool early autumn weather. Fine and calm so far, but hot.

[Willoughby]

Thanks, but I'm interested in the typhoon, not rugby.

Local temps have rocketed today after cool early autumn weather. Fine and calm so far, but hot.

Where in Japan are you, bpo?

[bpo]

Toyota City, near Nagoya.

[Cyclone Tracy]

Toyota City, near Nagoya.

All the best in riding out the typhoon. Latest daylight sat pic showing its still a beast but has some dry air incrusion outside the eyewall which should have a marginal weakening effect today along with increased wind shear. Good spread of models showing 300 to 500mm near Yokohama on the north west side of the eye in a short period, so flash flooding could be a big issue as well as wind.

Hagibis 1110 am.jpg

[bpo]

It'll be interesting to see if this one lives up to the hype or if it, too, will devolve into nothing more than a spot of bad weather. So far nobody here seems to be overly concerned, but it definitely bears watching.

[bpo]

High cloud has arrived, and it's unpleasantly warm, certainly for mid-October. Very still, though. People are quietly making preparations and train services are scheduled to be reduced or halted for the duration, but there have been no disruption of anything important yet.

Also, seeing it's October, the bats are now hibernating but one of their favourite snacks has returned with a vengeance: bloody mozzies.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Very still, though.

The calm before the storm

[bpo]

The calm before the storm

May well be the case.

[bpo]

The rain has begun here in central-eastern Japan, but it's still disgustingly sultry outside. (Remember life before A/C? Ugh...)

[Cyclone Tracy]

Live Typhoon feed along with the haunting wind howl

[bpo]

So far nothing more than a light breeze and steady light raining falling throughout the night.

[Dean.]

Some Tokyo webcams....

https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/japan/tokyo.html

[Cyclone Tracy]

Looking at the latest water vapour image, Hagibis still showing significant strength around the core and not much dry air incrusion. Absolute water bomb if it maintains this structure. I would think wind gusts will start to pick up around Tokyo and Yokohama in the next few hours, sustained winds after 5pm local time. The worst side of the typhoon's winds is the SE quadrant, latest modelling suggests this will hit Tokyo and Yokohama after 8pm local time.

James Reynolds and Josh Morgerman (iCyclone) are now on the hunt.

Hagibis 1210 am.jpg

[Razor]

TVNZ reporting a death from a tornado which flipped a car as the typhoon as approaches

[Simon Culling]

Video of a wide 'wedge' tornado in the Chiba Prefecture (to the SE of Tokyo) on this tweet:

https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/sta ... 3520327680

EDIT: Media reports state the tornado occurred in Ichihara City.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Tornados within a Typhoon/Hurricane TC, is that common?

[tornado]

Tornados within a Typhoon/Hurricane TC, is that common?

yes it is common. in fact hurricane dorian had 18 tornadoes touch downs.



(edited to change name to dorian) I accidential wrote berry : (

[Razor]

5.7 magnitude earthquake just hit wider Tokyo region

[tornado]

5.7 magnitude earthquake just hit wider Tokyo region

omg. why are nateral disasters hitting japan at this time. rwc2019. i know that japan is earthquake/tsunami prone but still? I mean. they just got hit by a hagibis spawned tornado. and the storm is moving in there now.

[bpo]

Not much happening down here in lower-central-eastern Japan. Just the occasional moderate wind gust and some light rain, but that's about it so far. Looks as if Hagibis stayed mostly out at sea, skirting the coastline, and any action must be further north.

[bpo]

5.7 magnitude earthquake just hit wider Tokyo region

omg. why are nateral disasters hitting japan at this time. rwc2019. i know that japan is earthquake/tsunami prone but still? I mean. they just got hit by a hagibis spawned tornado. and the storm is moving in there now.

To be honest, a 5.3 isn't that big of a deal in Japan, especially one that far out to sea.

[tornado]

omg. why are nateral disasters hitting japan at this time. rwc2019. i know that japan is earthquake/tsunami prone but still? I mean. they just got hit by a hagibis spawned tornado. and the storm is moving in there now.

To be honest, a 5.3 isn't that big of a deal in Japan, especially one that far out to sea.

true. this typhoon is ruining the rugby world cup : ( anyways the tornado killed 1 person im guessing ef2

edit possibly the tornado got up to ef3 considering osme of the clips of the damage where the tornado hit.

[bpo]

true. this typhoon is ruining the rugby world cup : ( anyways the tornado killed 1 person im guessing ef2

My neighbours are grizzling because several baseball games have been postponed and/or cancelled.