Neoguri Typhoon in Japan Sparked by El Nino
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Jumat, 19 Oktober 2018 19:49 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Okinawa - The Neoguri Typhoon spun up winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour with heavy rain hitting Okinawa, Japan, Tuesday. Hiroyuki Murakami, an oceanographer from the International Pacific Center, explained that the storm was probably sparked by a developing El Nino.
"Typhoon Neoguri is probably the biggest storm in decades to hit Japan so early. Normally, the peak typhoon season for Japan is between September and October," says Hiroyuki Murakami yesterday.
Meteorologists around the world are in the middle of reseaching Neoguri Typhoon. From the observation, the typhoon has a tail coming out of the eye of the storm. These "cloud cliffs" are sometimes seen in strong cyclones but nobody knows what would be the cause.
"It's a kind of odd feature that's got people talking," says Brian McNoldy from the University of Miami, Florida.
Mcnoldy said it might be caused by the ice being thrown up particularly high in the atmosphere near the eye by intense thunderstorms, and then being spread in just one direction as the storm turns.
McNoldy said we should expect similar typhoons this year. "This is just the first time that all the conditions were falling into places. There will probably be more," he said.
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