Cat4 CYCLONE 'TWENTY' due HK 9/14 @200+MPH
TROPICAL CYCLONE ( TWENTY ) FORMATION ALERT
( This did NOT exist this morning, illustrating how fast weather changes.)
9/8/2017 present position: 13.4*N, 146.9*E
Northern Mariana Islands
Presently 'Tropical Depression
Present wind speed 35 mph ~ gusting higher.
Movement tracking Westward at 16 mph
Seas > 9' already
Luckily, YSYB is in Northern China, out of harms way.
Cyclone 20W tracks right through Luzon channel South of Taiwan very closely; but far North of the Philippines.
CYCLONE TWENTY IS FORECAST TO HIT HONG KONG ~ 9/14 @ 200+ MPH WINDS, gusting higher.
Expect > 40' seas & probable > 200+ Knot winds on 9/14 as it approaches Hong Kong, China; same as Hurricanes Irma & Jose & Katia.
Thank goodness YSYB has WINTERS & a colder climate not conducive to cyclones.
