Japan to Escape Blow From Typhoon Atsani

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist

August 21,2015; 10:22PM,EDT

 

 

While Atsani appears to be on a collision course with Japan, the powerful typhoon should swerve just in time to avoid a direct hit. The same cannot be said for Typhoon Goni.
Atsani's current northwest heading would put it on a collision course with Japan. However, Atsani will hook to the northeast by Sunday (weakening in the process) with its destructive winds and widespread flooding rain bypassing Japan.

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While residents across eastern Japan can breathe a sigh of relief, those in western Japan and across South Korea should be preparing for impacts from Typhoon Goni early next week.

Atsani will instead pose the greatest danger to shipping interests as it curves away from Japan. Swells propagating away from Atsani will cause seas to be extremely hazardous for swimmers and operators of small craft this weekend along the southern and eastern Japanese coast.
Despite Atsani departing, seas will not subside early next week as Goni arrives.
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"There have been six super typhoons during the 2015 West Pacific Tropical Season thus far, which already surpassed the normal seasonal average of four," said AccuWeather Meteorologist Anthony Sagliani.
The latest Accuweather tropical forecast calls for nine super typhoons through the end of the year, which would stand as the third-highest total on record behind 1965 and 1997 with 11 super typhoons each year.
This animated satellite image shows Atsani tracking across the Pacific Ocean. (NOAA/Satellite)
AccuWeather Meteorologist Eric Leister contributed to the content of this story.