The Swinden Group Updates on Tropical Storm Parma and Typhoon Melor

Oct. 6, 2009 - PRLog -- The Swinden Group, through their Severe Weather Advisories, has been monitoring and advising their corporate and traveling clients of two potentially damaging tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific.
 
Tropical Storm Parma moves back over Luzon, Philippines

As of 0900 UTC October 6, 2009, Tropical Storm Parma was located 230 nautical miles north of Manila, Philippines and tracking to the southeast over northeastern Luzon.  With sustained winds of 65 mph and gusts of up to 80 mph, this is a potentially damaging storm.  With the current track and speed, the center of Parma should track down the northeastern coast of Luzon and be in the vicinity of Laoag City on Wednesday.

“I am afraid this storm will just not leave Luzon alone,” explains Matthew Swinden, President of the Swinden Group. “Ever since pummeling northern Luzon as a typhoon last week, the storm has stalled to the north of Luzon drenching the region with torrential rains measured in feet for last several days causing widespread flooding and landslides.”
Typhoon Melor in the Western Pacific has been influencing the position of Parma.  When Melor turns towards Japan, then Parma will track to the west into the South China Sea and begin to intensify.
Tropical storm force winds extend out 55 nm from the center.  Currently Storm Warnings have been issued for most of northern Luzon.

Typhoon Melor to strike Japan on Thursday

Further east in the Western Pacific, Typhoon Melor has been slowly weakening from a dangerous category 5 storm and is now a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale.  Located approximately 300 nautical miles southeast of Okinawa, Japan with winds of 133 mph, Melor will begin to make a right turn to the northeast and track towards Japan’s southern Pacific coast with a projected landfall in the vicinity of Wakayama early Thursday morning as a category 2 storm with sustained winds of near 100 mph and then quickly weaken while sprinting northeastward.  
 
“Unlike Parma for the Philippines, Melor will for the most part be a one day event on Thursday for Japan.” Swinden says.  “Once over land, Melor will quickly weaken to tropical storm strength  and sprint northeastward over Japan.”

Threats & Damages for Japan

Along the southern coast of Japan expect flooding due to high battering waves and storm surge, possibly minor to moderate damage to structures due to hurricane force winds, especially near where the storm makes landfall, widespread flooding and mudslides due to heavy rains, minor to moderate damage to the infrastructure, and delays in both air and ground travel on Thursday.  

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