Typhoon Hinnamnor

Overnight, Hinnamnor cleared a small eye along with a well-defined CDO, and intensified into a high-end Category 4-equivalent super typhoon.

An increasingly hostile environment caused it to lose its convective features the night of September 1, weakening it down to a Category 1-equivalent typhoon.

Beginning to weaken for the final time on September 5, the storm made landfall late that day as a Category 2-equivalent typhoon and began extratropical transition.

Heavy rainfall affected northern districts in Taiwan, and a man died in the Philippines due to Hinnamnor's flooding.

Hinnamnor made landfall just southeast of Geoje in South Korea, knocking out power for tens of thousands of homes.

[1][2][3][4][excessive citations] On August 27, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)[nb 2] began monitoring a tropical disturbance about 500 nautical miles (925 km; 575 mi) east-southeast of Iwo Jima.

[6] Satellite images indicated that the north and southeast areas were accompanied by deep convection wrapping into the low-level center.

[6][7] At around 00:00 UTC on August 28, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)[nb 3] began monitoring a tropical depression that had developed in the Philippine Sea.

[10][11] A central dense overcast feature and prominent spiral banding, noting its obscure low-level circulation center.

[14] At 09:00 UTC, the JTWC upgraded Hinnamnor to a Category 1-equivalent typhoon, with maximum sustained winds of 75 knots (140 km/h; 85 mph).

[19] Overnight, Hinnamnor cleared out a small, round eye, and strengthened into a high-end category 4-equivalent super typhoon.

[23] As it headed towards the Ryukyu Islands, Hinnamnor proceeded to reorganize on satellite with an intense CDO forming along with a larger eye.

[24] It re-intensified back to a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon on September 1,[25] and, at the same time, Tropical Depression 13W (Gardo) embedded into the wind field with Hinnamnor.

[26] Hinnamnor weakened to Category 4-equivalent super typhoon by 09:00 UTC due to elongation of the convective core and cooler sea surface temperatures.

[29] At 09:00 UTC, Hinnamnor further weakened into a Category 1-equivalent typhoon as it finally began to move north-northwest into the East China Sea.

[34] Multispectral animated satellite imagery revealed a 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) surrounded eye around a spiral banding.

[39] At 03:00 UTC the next day, the JTWC issued their final warning on the system as it began its transition into an extratropical cyclone, with its frontal structure.

[43][44] An official at the JMA called for "strict vigilance" against Hinnamnor, and recommended those move to sturdy buildings and shelters as the typhoon approached.

[52] South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered Interior Minister Lee Sang-Min to come up with the highest response measures for Hinnamnor.

[55] Preliminary weather advisories were issued in southern areas of the country, including the cities of Gwangju, Busan, Daegu, and Ulsan on the September 4.

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo called for schools to close down or switch to distance education until on September 5.

[60] Eight flights, two domestic and six international, and 106 ferry services on 12 routes were cancelled,[61] as well as school closures in several districts.

In Watanagi Village, rainfall of up to 64 mm (2.5 in) per hour fell; the highest of such observation during the month in the past decade.

[77] Hinnamnor also left 70 vessels on 50 sea routes grounded, 251 flights at 12 airports cancelled, and 354 train schedules suspended or adjusted.

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone , remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression
Photo of Typhoon Hinnamnor captured aboard the International Space Station as the typhoon was southeast of Okinawa on August 31
Typhoon Hinnamnor undergoing rapid intensification on August 29
Hinnamnor shortly before its initial peak intensity on August 30
Typhoon Hinnamnor making landfall on South Korea on September 6–7.