1. Typhoon News Weblog 2013

"Typhoon News Weblog" is a specialized blog that aims to summarize various typhoon-related information such as narattives, meteorological references such as satellite images, links to other web sites, and the meaning of typhoon names. At the same time, automatic summarization of mass media news are also provided at Typhoon News Topics. And meteorological satellite images introduced in the weblog are listed in Typhoon Wallpaper Images.

Summary of Typhoons in 2013 2013-12-28
The 2013 typhoon season had 31 typhoons, and it is since 1994 that the number of typhoon exceeded 30. The number of typhoons approaching mainland Japan is especially large in autumn, and it was recor...[More..]
Typhoon 201331 (PODUL) 2013-11-15
Typhoon PODUL was formed in South China Sea. This typhoon was originally formed as tropical depression in the Pacific Ocean, passed across Mindanao Island, which is in south of Leyte Island devastate...[More..]
Typhoon 201330 (HAIYAN) 2013-11-04
Typhoon HAIYAN was formed near Truk Islands. It is forecast to move west with steady intensification. This is the first No.30 Typhoon in about 20 years since the 1994 season. The number of typhoons f...[More..]
Typhoon 201329 (KROSA) 2013-10-30
Typhoon KROSA was formed in east of Philippines. It is forecast to move toward Luzon Island of Philippines without intensification. Now the number of typhoons, 29, reached the same level with 2004 se...[More..]
Typhoon 201328 (LEKIMA) 2013-10-21
Typhoon LEKIMA was formed in Marshall Islands. It is forecast to move west-north-west, toward Mariana Islands (Guam). The average number of typhoons per year is about 26 or 27, so the number of typho...[More..]
Typhoon 201327 (FRANCISCO) 2013-10-16
Typhoon FRANCISCO was formed in Mariana Islands. The forecast shows that the track is surprisingly similar to that of Typhoon WIPHA, and this is also increasing its intensity. [More..]
Typhoon 201326 (WIPHA) 2013-10-11
Typhoon WIPHA was formed in Mariana Islands. It is forecast to move northwest. [More..]
Typhoon 201325 (NARI) 2013-10-09
Typhoon NARI was formed in east of Philippines. It is forecast to move westward to make landfall in the north of Luzon Island, with possibility to pass near Manila. [More..]
Typhoon 201324 (DANAS) 2013-10-04
Typhoon DANAS was formed in Mariana Islands. It is forecast to move west for the moment. [More..]
Typhoon 201323 (FITOW) 2013-09-30
Typhoon FITOW was formed in east of Philippines. It is forecast to move northward to reach south of Japan. This is the second typhoon formed today, and the pace of typhoon formation is about four typ...[More..]
Typhoon 201322 (SEPAT) 2013-09-30
Typhoon SEPAT was formed in east of Chichijima, Ogasawara Islands. It is not a strong typhoon, but it is forecast to move west, and Ogsawara Islands will be into the gale wind circle. [More..]
Typhoon 201321 (WUTIP) 2013-09-27
Typhoon WUTIP was formed in South China Sea. It is forecast to move west slowly. [More..]
Typhoon 201320 (PABUK) 2013-09-21
Typhoon PABUK was formed in Mariana Islands. It is forecast to move northwest, and Ogasawara and Izu Islands may be directly affected by the typhoon. [More..]
Typhoon 201319 (USAGI) 2013-09-17
Typhoon USAGI was formed in east of Philippines. According to the forecast, it will move west toward Philippines. [More..]
Typhoon 201318 (MAN-YI) 2013-09-13
Typhoon MAN-YI was formed near Ogasawara.The forecast track shows that it will move northward to pass near Ogasawara Islands and Izu Islands. According to the forecast by Japan Meteorological Agency,...[More..]
Typhoon 201317 (TORAJI) 2013-09-02
Typhoon TORAJI was formed in west of Kumejima Island. The cloud of the typhoon is extending from south to north, and is connected to the front causing rainy season in autumn. The motion of the typhoo...[More..]
Typhoon 201316 (YUTU) 2013-09-01
Typhoon YUTU was formed near Midway Islands. We already had two typhoons, Typhoon PEWA and Typhoon UNALA, which were formed in the central Pacific as hurricanes. This typhoon was also born near the c...[More..]
Typhoon 201315 (KONG-REY) 2013-08-27
Typhoon KONG-REY was born in east of Philippines. It is forecast to move north to draw near to Sakishima Islands. It is expected to be a typhoon striking this area just after Typhoon TRAMI. [More..]
Typhoon 201314 (UNALA) 2013-08-20
Typhoon UNALA was changed from hurricane (tropical depression) to a typhoon near Midway Islands. This typhoon made a rare event of two successive "across-the-border" typhoons within two days, but thi...[More..]
Typhoon 201313 (PEWA) 2013-08-18
Typhoon PEWA is located near Midway Islands. However, it does not mean it was born here, but it changed from a hurricane to a typhoon after passing the 180E border. This kind of "across-the-border" t...[More..]
Typhoon 201312 (TRAMI) 2013-08-18
Typhoon TRAMI was formed in south of Okinawa. This was first born as a tropical depression, then moved south to became a typhoon, but now it is forecast to move back toward north. The track may be fu...[More..]
Typhoon 201311 (UTOR) 2013-08-10
Typhoon UTOR was formed in east of Philippines. It is forecast to keep moving west, reaching somewhere between the northern part of Luzon Island and Luzon Strait. The shape of clouds looks like compa...[More..]
Typhoon 201310 (MANGKHUT) 2013-08-06
Typhoon MANGKHUT was formed in South China Sea. It is now located not so far from the coast of central Vietnam, but it is forecast to move along the coast of Vietnam to reach northern Vietnam. [More..]
Typhoon 201309 (JEBI) 2013-7-31
Typhoon JEBI was formed in South China Sea. It is forecast to move northwest toward Vietnam. [More..]
Typhoon 201308 (CIMARON) 2013-07-17
Typhoon CIMARON was formed in east of Philippines. The typhoon is now located in the north of Luzon Island, and is forecast to move to South China Sea. We are seeing the successive formation of typho...[More..]
Typhoon 201307 (SOULIK) 2013-07-08
Typhoon SOULIK was formed in Mariana Islands. It is now passing islands in north of Sapian, and Saipan is outside of the gale wind circle. It is forecast to keep moving west with a steady pace of int...[More..]
Typhoon 201306 (RUMBIA) 2013-06-28
Typhoon RUMBIA was formed in east of Philippines. It is forecast to move west-north-west direction along the Pacific coast of Philinppines. It is also expected to draw near to Luzon Island, including...[More..]
Typhoon 201305 (BEBINCA) 2013-06-21
Typhoon BEBINCA was formed in South China Sea. It is forecast to move toward the south of China to Vietnam. [More..]
Typhoon 201304 (LEEPI) 2013-06-19
Typhoon LEEPI keeps moving north, and Sakishima Islands are entering the circle of gust winds. It is forecast to keep moving north, and traverse Okinawa Prefectore from south to north. However, as th...[More..]
Typhoon 201303 (YAGI) 2013-06-11
Typhoon YAGI still has a biased distribution of clouds, and its intensification is stopped. The focus here is more on the Meiu front in north of the typhoon, and how much rain it will bring about. Ex...[More..]
Typhoon 201302 (SHANSHAN) 2013-02-22
Typhoon SHANSHAN was formed in South China Sea. Having multiple typhoons as of February 22 is relatively rare; the last time was 1992, about 20 years ago, and this is the fifth since 1951. If we defi...[More..]
Typhoon 201301 (SONAMU) 2013-01-04
Typhoon SONAMU was formed in Sulu Sea. The formation of a typhoon at this time of year, January 3, 09 UTC, is the fourth earlist formation since 1951, only after Typhoon 195501, Typhoon 195701, Typho...[More..]