Typhoon Meranti: Difference between revisions

 

==Meteorological history==

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On September&nbsp;8, the [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]] (JTWC){{refn|The [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]] is a joint United States Navy&nbsp;– United States Air Force task force that issues tropical cyclone warnings for the western Pacific Ocean and other regions.<ref>{{cite web|author=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|title=Joint Typhoon Warning Center Mission Statement|year=2011|access-date=November 30, 2011|url=https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/menu/JTWC_mission.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070726103400/https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/menu/JTWC_mission.html |archive-date=July 26, 2007|publisher=United States Navy, United States Air Force}}</ref>|group="nb"}} issued a [[Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert]] for an area of [[atmospheric convection|convection]] about {{convert|155|km|abbr=on}} west of [[Guam]] in the western Pacific Ocean. According to the agency, the circulation was rapidly consolidating alongside fragmented [[rainband]]s.<ref>{{cite report|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161027041549/http://www.wis-jma.go.jp/d/o/PGTW/Alphanumeric/Warning/Tropical_cyclone/20160908/053000/A_WTPN21PGTW080530_C_RJTD_20160908052732_73.txt|archive-date=October 27, 2016|url-status=dead|date=September 8, 2016|access-date=September 13, 2016|url=http://www.wis-jma.go.jp/d/o/PGTW/Alphanumeric/Warning/Tropical_cyclone/20160908/053000/A_WTPN21PGTW080530_C_RJTD_20160908052732_73.txt|title=Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert}}</ref> At 18:00&nbsp;[[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] that night, the [[Japan Meteorological Agency]] (JMA){{refn|The [[Japan Meteorological Agency]] is the official [[Regional Specialized Meteorological Center]] for the western Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/tcp/Advisories-RSMCs.html | title=Latest Advisories on Current Tropical Cyclones Hurricanes Typhoons | publisher=World Meteorological Organization | access-date=September 12, 2016}}</ref>|group="nb"}} classified the system as a tropical depression.<ref>{{cite web|title=RSMC Tropical Cyclone Advisory|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|access-date=September 12, 2016|url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTPQ20-RJTD_201609091800.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523095746/https://www.webcitation.org/6kOn9Edr2?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WWJP25-RJTD_201609081800.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref> On the next day, the JTWC classified it as Tropical Depression 16W. By that time, the nascent system was moving slowly west-northwestward through a region of low [[wind shear]], steered by [[ridge (meteorology)|ridges]] to the north and southwest. Increasing but fragmented convection, or thunderstorms, was fueled by unusually warm [[sea surface temperature|water temperatures]] and [[outflow (meteorology)|outflow]] from the south.<ref>{{cite report|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523095712/https://www.webcitation.org/6kOmybnCP?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201609082100.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201609082100.htm|title=Prognostic Reasoning for Tropical Depression 16W (Sixteen) Warning NR 001|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|date=September 8, 2016|access-date=September 12, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> At 06:00&nbsp;UTC on September&nbsp;10, the JMA upgraded the depression to Tropical Storm Meranti,<ref>{{cite web|title=TS 1614 (Meranti) Upgraded from TD|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|access-date=September 12, 2016|url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTPQ20-RJTD_201609100600.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523095824/https://www.webcitation.org/6kQ6UxfVw?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTPQ20-RJTD_201609100600.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref> which meandered over its own track while consolidating.<ref>{{cite report|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523095712/https://www.webcitation.org/6kOmybnCP?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201609082100.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201609082100.htm|title=Prognostic Reasoning for Tropical Depression 16W (Sixteen) Warning NR 002|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|date=September 9, 2016|access-date=September 12, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>