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9 Aug 2026, 08:17 GMT Dave Ornauer

Chan-hom makes landfall, passes just north Tokyo area late Tuesday; among a handful of tropical cyclones populating the northwestern Pacific.

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27 Jul 2026, 03:18 GMT Dave Ornauer

Okinawa issues All Clear. Dolphin weakens into a Category 1-equivalent typhoon. Okinawa continues to face gusty winds and heavy rain deep into the weekend. Chan-hom lurks east of Kanto.

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30 Jun 2026, 14:06 GMT Dave Ornauer

Kadena’s 18th Wing CO issues All Clear at 4 p.m. Saturday. Bavi remains a Category 1-equivalent typhoon. Latest forecast track takes Bavi into eastern China, Gale-force winds, showers remain forecast for Okinawa over the weekend.

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18 Jun 2026, 20:08 GMT Dave Ornauer

Higos and Mekkhala have come and gone from the Kanto Plain, heading quickly northeast into the Pacific Ocean after dumping copious amounts of rain in the Yokosuka area.

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26 May 2026, 16:03 GMT Dave Ornauer

Yokosuka issues TCCOR All Clear as Tropical Storm Jangmi hurtles off east coast of Honshu into northwest Pacific.

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8 Apr 2026, 14:40 GMT Dave Ornauer

U.S. bases on Guam resumed TCCOR 4 Thursday afternoon. Sinlaku downgraded to low-end Category 3-equivalent status, still crawling slowly northwest of Tinian and Saipan.

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3 Apr 2026, 11:40 GMT Dave Ornauer

Preparation and communication are keys to surviving a typhoon. The northwest Pacific’s typhoon season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.

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1 Dec 2025, 16:30 GMT Dave Ornauer

U.S. bases on Okinawa enter TCCOR All Clear, bases in Japan and Korea seasonal TCCOR 5, signaling end of northwest Pacific typhoon season.

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4 Nov 2025, 09:07 GMT Dave Ornauer

Final warning has been issued for Tropical Depression Fung-wong, which is motoring quickly southeast of Okinawa, having weakened into a tropical depression.

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9 Oct 2025, 01:41 GMT Dave Ornauer

Nakri passes 155 miles south of Yokosuka at mid-morning Monday, hurtles out over open water in the northwest Pacific Ocean as a Category 1-equivalent typhoon.

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4 Oct 2025, 14:54 GMT Dave Ornauer

Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka reverts to seasonal TCCOR 5. Halong forecast to remain high-end Category 4-equivalent system as it stays well off Japan’s coast.

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19 Aug 2025, 14:14 GMT Dave Ornauer

Lingling makes sharp bend east-southeast, intensifies and passes about 100 miles south of Sasebo, forecast to weaken as it slices past Iwakuni late Friday.

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7 Aug 2025, 02:30 GMT Dave Ornauer

Podul passes closest point of approach to Okinawa, more than 350 miles south-southwest; Podul remains forecast to peak as a Category 2-equivalent typhoon, bisect southern Taiwan late Wednesday.

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2 Aug 2025, 14:04 GMT Dave Ornauer

Bailu upgraded to a tropical storm, has put the pedal to the metal heading quickly northeast away from the Kanto Plain.

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29 Jul 2025, 21:14 GMT Dave Ornauer

Tropical Depression 13W pops up on the map as Tropical Storm Krosa turns northeast away from the Kanto Plain. Yokosuka resumes seasonal TCCOR 5.

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