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Typhoon Kirogi Turns Back to Strike Japan Again as It Interacts With the Northeast Monsoon

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

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  • Typhoon Kirogi has intensified and developed a long cloud band linked to an interaction with the northeast monsoon, former weather chief Cheng Ming-de said.
  • A Taiwanese weather forum said a broad low-pressure circulation had sent the storm back toward Okinawa for a second strike.
  • The system is expected to turn again toward the area between Japan’s Kyushu and Shikoku islands, although the interaction is not expected to produce unusually heavy rain in Japan because of the terrain.

Typhoon Kirogi has grown and is now pulling out a long cloud band to its northeast, a feature former weather chief Cheng Ming-de said reflects its interaction with the northeast monsoon.

The interaction is already affecting parts of Japan. Cheng said the terrain there would prevent the monsoon effect from producing any particularly significant increase in rainfall.

The Taiwanese weather forum Taiwan Typhoon Forum, Weather Express said Kirogi was north of Japan’s Okinawa under the influence of a broad low-pressure circulation. The storm had begun turning back toward Okinawa for a second strike, it said, before another turn toward the area between Kyushu and Shikoku.

The forum described Kirogi’s track, along with Typhoon Saudel’s, as unusual and attributed it mainly to the movement of the wider monsoon circulation.

Kirogi has grown

· Cheng Ming-deThe former weather chief’s description of the storm’s development.
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