Vongfong threatens Marianas

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Vongfong: 5 Day Forecast Map | Weather Underground

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It's Wednesday morning in Japan now as this one is expected to reach Cat-5 and turn north towards the country now cleaning up from Phanfone.
 
Two days ago CNN wanted to call it a Cat-6: "...roughly 180 mph. By the way, that would be way above Category 5, if there was anything above Category 5, this could be a hypothetical Cat 6."

Washington Post, Oct. 9, 2014: "Imagery from satellite (and astronauts) illustrates what a powerful storm Super Typhoon Vongfong became this week… with gale-force winds covering around 340,000 square miles — about 70,000 square miles larger than the state of Texas… Super Typhoon Vongfong’s eye was estimated to be around 50 miles wide."

Voice of America, Oct. 9, 2014: "The most powerful storm on the planet so far this year… is forecast to strike mainland Japan… Air Force weather flight chief Master Sergeant Tonya Trythall [said the] current location is one of the better places to sustain a tropical cyclone… 'But as it starts turning… water start cooling off slightly [and there's] upper level winds… The storm itself is going to be stronger so it’s not going to tear it apart easily.' ”
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