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Jebi is no longer a threat to Marianas
Super Typhoon Jebi, which closely resembled Super Typhoon Soudelor over the weekend, has weakened and no longer threatens the Marianas.
Jebi intensified from just a typhoon into a super typhoon as it threaded its way between Pagan and Alamagan. Briefly, Jebi became a a Category 4 typhoon and was the planet’s most intense tropical cyclone of 2018 before weakening.
According to an interview with Homeland Security public information officer Nadine Deleon Guerrero, Jebi closely resembled Super Typhoon Soudelor because of how concentrated the center of the typhoon was.
Yesterday, the National Weather Service in Tiyan, Guam, said that Jebi is no longer a super typhoon and continues to weaken while it moves northwest.
As of 1pm yesterday, the center of Typhoon Jebi was located 390 miles west-southwest of Iwo To Island, about 725 miles west-northwest of Agrihan, about 755 miles west-northwest of Pagan, about 775 miles west-northwest of Alamagan, about 870 miles northwest of Saipan, and about 905 miles northwest of Guam.
Typhoon Jebi remains at maximum sustained winds of 130 mph and was last reported heading 320 degrees northwest at 14 mph.
Typhoon Jebi is expected to make a turn toward the north-northwest before turning more to the north today and northeast tonight before making landfall in Japan on Tuesday.
Typhoon Jebi is forecast to slowly weaken over the next few days, and Jebi has decreased below super typhoon intensity. However, Jebi will remain a typhoon until it makes landfall on Tuesday.
Typhoon force winds extend outward up to 45 miles from the center.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 175 miles to the northeast but only 115 miles to the southwest.
