TYPHOON PABLO DESTRUCTION AND SATELLITE IMAGE
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TYPHOON PABLO INFO'S:
International Name: 'Bopha'
JTWC designation: '26W' International designation: 1224 Formed: November 25,2012 Dissipated: December 9, 2012 Category: 5- Super Typhoon *********************************************** Entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility: Dec. 1,2012 til' Dec.9, 2012 Landfall Area: Baganga, Davao Central Visayas Palawan Path: Eastern Mindanao -Central Mindanao- Misamis Oriental- Central Visayas- Sulu Sea- Palawan- West PHL Sea >was the strongest typhoon to hit Mindanao within the last 41 yrs. >formed at 3.5°N >equatorial tropical cyclones (tropical cyclones are very rare in this region to formed due to a weak Coriolis effect > became the 2nd costliest Philippine Typhoons) >dissipated at the west coast of Ilocos Norte |
2012 TYPHOON SEASON METEOROLOGICAL PREDICATION
On March 20 the Hong Kong Observatory, predicted that the typhoon season in Hong Kong would start in June or slightly earlier, with 5–8 tropical cyclones passing within 500 km (310 mi) of the territory.On May 21, the Thai Meteorological Department predicted that 1-2 tropical storms would affect Thailand during 2012. They predicted that 1 would move through Vietnam and affect Upper Thailand, during August or September, while the other one was expected to move through Southern Thailand during October or November. On August 13, PAGASA predicted that 7 — 10 tropical cyclones were likely to develop within or enter the Philippine area of responsibility between July and September, while 4 — 7 were predicted to occur between October and December. On August 31, the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau predicted that 8 more tropical cyclones could develop near Taiwan in addition to the 15 that had already developed, they also predicted that one or two of these were predicted to significantly affect the island nation.
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA.ORG |
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