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Drylandfish  ·  3453 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: An interactive map of wind around the world in realtime

Wow, look at all the cyclones currently in and around the Pacific.





Fluffy017  ·  3453 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Was just about to comment on this. Are there any possibility that those could turn into hurricanes?

EDIT: or typhoons I guess; also holy crap that red one about a quadrant below the center of Japan looks MEAN

Drylandfish  ·  3453 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not sure, but after some respectable storms last year, Hawaiian friends are keeping an eye on a couple.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/cphc/

That typhoon that hit some Japanese islands today is apparently on it's way to China now.