Another Typhoon-y Weekend

Large Typhoon Champi is expected to come closest to the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, between late Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, and may be accompanied by a band of heavy rain clouds. The prefecture already has extremely strong winds and rough seas. As of noon on Friday, the typhoon was about 160 kilometers south-southwest of Ishigaki Island in the Sakishima Islands and moving north-northwest at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour. It had a central atmospheric pressure of 955 hectopascals and was packing winds of up to 144 kilometers per hour near its center, with gusts peaking at 216 kilometers per hour. Winds of 90 kilometers per hour or faster are blowing within an area 330 kilometers northwest and 280 kilometers southeast of the storm's center. Episode notes: ‘Typhoon Champi approaching Japan's Sakishima Islands’: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/news/20261022de63409/