Super Typhoon Nuri has become one of the most powerful tropical cyclones of 2014 as it churns over the open waters of the western Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and south of Japan.
Nuri began as a tropical depression on Oct. 31 and quickly became a tropical storm. It reached typhoon status the following day and then underwent a period of very rapid intensification.
ccording to the U.S. military's Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Nuri's maximum 1-minute sustained winds reached 180 mph Sunday afternoon and remained there as of 1 a.m. EST Monday (3 p.m. Japanese time Monday). This ties last month's Super Typhoon Vongfong for the strongest tropical cyclone of 2014, according to JTWC estimates.
The Japan Meteorological Agency, which is the agency officially recognized by the World Meteorological Organization for tropical cyclone forecasting in the western Pacific, pegged Nuri's 10-minute average winds at 105 knots (120 mph) Sunday and estimated its minimum central pressure at 910 millibars (26.87 inches of mercury). Both figures were a bit short of Vongfong's 115-knot winds and 900-mb minimum pressure in early October.
Nuri is the sixth super typhoon of 2014. JTWC uses the "super typhoon" designation for tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific Ocean whose maximum sustained winds reach at least 150 mph. JMA does not use the term, but instead has a "violent" class for typhoons with winds of 105 knots or greater. Nuri is the fourth violent typhoon of 2014 on the JMA scale.
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/super-typhoon-nuri-pacific-japan-philippines-20141102
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