WeatherFanatics: Super Typhoon Nuri to Spare Philippines, Target Japan

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Super Typhoon Nuri to Spare Philippines, Target Japan

By Courtney Spamer, Meteorologist

November 2,2014; 9:34PM,EDT

Nuri strengthened to a Super Typhoon Sunday morning, EDT, over the warm waters of the West Pacific.
A front moving through the East China Sea and Japan Saturday picked up the storm as it churned in the Western Pacific. This interaction brought a drastic change in Nuri's path. After heading mostly westward over the past week, Nuri has tracked northward through the Philippine Sea to the east and northeast of the Philippines.
The Philippines likely will still get a few showers and thunderstorms through Monday with the passing of the front as well as some outer bands of the storm. The biggest impact to the islands will be rough seas and rip currents to the eastern shores of the Philippines.

Typhoon Nuri churning in the Western Pacific during it's northerly track (NOAA)
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Nuri developed on Halloween and quickly strengthened on Saturday into a typhoon. Favorable environmental conditions will keep Nuri at or near Super Typhoon status into the middle of the upcoming week.
During its northerly track, the front moving through Japan is expected to slow down. This slow advancement of the front will allow Nuri to make an approach on Japan for the end of the week.

Even so, it remains likely the Nuri will pass to the east of Japan and out into the open Pacific Ocean by next weekend.
Japan can still feel some impacts from this large storm as interaction with the front will likely pull moisture into eastern Honshu resulting in the threat for downpours capable of causing flash flooding and even mudslides in areas of rugged terrain.
The strongest winds associated with Nuri will remain offshore, but the threat for locally damaging wind gusts is a possibility right near the east coast of Honshu as Nuri makes its closest approach on Thursday.
Meteorologists Eric Leister and Erik Pindrock contributed to this story.

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