Typhoon Mitag (Onyok) coverage

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• Update: Weakening Mitag makes landfall in South Korea. At 12:00 p.m. UTC, Tropical Storm Mitag was located near 34.4N 126.3E, with max. sustained winds of 40 knots, with higher gusts of 50 kt. Here's the latest cone & track forecast (JTWC Warning #22).
• Update: We've uploaded the latest MItag cone and track forecast (JTWC warning #19) to Windy. Click here to view it on any Windy layer.
• Update: Mitag, weakened to a Tropical Storm (what does it mean? Find out in this article: Four stages of Tropical Cyclone), continues to weaken gradually as it begins to curve northeast, headed toward landfall overnight Wednesday on Korea's southwest coast and forecast to cut across the south-central part of the peninsula . At 6:00 p.m. UTC, Tropical Storm Mitag was located near 30.7N 122.7E, with max. sustained winds of 55 knots, with higher gusts of 70 kt.
• Update: We've uploaded the latest JTWC's Typhoon Mitag cone to Windy (warning #18). Click here to view it on any Windy layer.
• Update: Mitag is weakening off the coast of eastern China, expected to impact the Korean peninsula and Area IV starting tomorrow. At 12:00 p.m. UTC, Tropical Storm Mitag was located near 30.0N, 122.5E, with max. sustained winds of 60 knots (110 km/h). According to the U.S. Army Garrison Daegu facebook post, Typhoon Mitag is expected to impact the Korean peninsula and Area IV starting tomorrow, Oct. 2, at 2 p.m. lasting until Thursday late evening, Oct. 3. Winds are expected to reach 50-60 nautical miles per hour (knots) along the southern coastline of Korea and the southern most portions of Area IV with 3 to 6 inches of rainfall expected. Other areas of Area IV will likely experience elevated winds of 35-45 knots and 3 to 4 inches of rainfall.
• Update: At 12:00 a.m. UTC, Typhoon Mitag was located near 27.2N 122.1E with max. sustained winds of 75 knots, with higher gusts 90 kt. JTWC's cone and track forecast (warning #16) is now uploaded to Windy. View it on any forecast layer
• Update: Mitag has strengthened again. At 6:00 p.m. UTC, Typhoon Mitag was located near 26.3N, 122.7E, with max. sustained winds of 90 knots and gusts of 110 knots. JTWC Warning #15.
• Update: At 12:00 p.m. UTC, Typhoon Mitag was located near 24.6N 123.0E with max. sustained winds of 85 knots, with higher gusts of 105 kt (JTWC Warning #14)
• Update: Typhoon Mitag is strengthening. At 6:00 a.m. UTC, Mitag was located near 22.8N 123.0E with max. sustained winds of 75 knots, with higher gusts of 90 kt (JTWC Warning 13).
• Update: At 12:00 a.m. UTC, Typhoon Mitag was located near 21.7N 122.9E with max. sustained winds of 65 kt, with higher gusts of 80 knots (View the JTWC Warning 12 cone).
  
• Update: At 6:00 p.m. UTC, Typhoon Mitag was located near 21.1N, 123.7E with max. sustained winds of 65 kt, with higher gusts of 80 kt (JTWC Warning 11). We've uploaded the latest Typhoon Mitag cone & track forecast by JTWC (Advisory #11), click here to view its interactive version on any Windy layer.
• Update: Mitag has stenghtened to a Typhoon. At 12:00 p.m. UTC, Typhoon Mitag (19W, or Onyok in Philippines) was located near 20.2N 124.7E, approximately 415 NM south-southwest of Kadena AB, with max. sustained winds of 65 kt, gusts of 80 kt. Mitag has tracked northwestward at 12 knots over the past six hours. Maximum significant wave height at 12:00 p.m. UTC is 27 feet (JTWC Warning #10).

• (Click here to view an interactive warning #10 cone on any Windy layer)

• Update: We've uploaded the latest JTWC cone to Windy (warning #7). Click here to view it on any Windy layer.
• Update: Early on Saturday, Mitag (19W, Onyok) strengthened to Tropical Storm, earning its name, and becoming the 18th tropical storm of the season. Mitag is forecast to affect Taiwan, China, South Korea and Japan.

Previous coverage

A developing tropical disturbance (Invest 91W) in the West Pacific is becoming better organized, forecast to become a strong typhoon as it heads towards Japan and Korea.

The system is forecast to strengthen into Tropical Storm Mitag over the Philippine Sea by Friday/Sunday, then a typhoon this weekend.

According to JTWC, significant intensification is possible the next several days. Mitag will impact the Ryukyu Islands early next week, then mainland Japan around midweek.

Here’s the 10-Day max. winds forecast, a comparison of the forecast models, updated on 26 Sept 2019 at 12 p.m. for ECMWF and at 6 p.m. UTC for GFS.

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