

Typhoon-strength winds extend out 40 miles from the center of Mawar. Torrential rains of 10-15 inches with locally higher amounts were predicted, and dangerous high surf of 20-30 feet was predicted to affect Guam through Wednesday. A storm surge of six to 10 feet was predicted, potentially reaching 20-25 feet in the northern eyewall. local time Tuesday, the National Weather Service in Guam was forecasting that Mawar would make landfall late morning or early afternoon on Wednesday local time, bringing sustained winds of 155 mph, gusting to 190 mph, with higher winds over elevated terrain.

(Image credit: Tropical Tidbits) Forecast for MawarĪt 9:44 p.m. The model predicted Mawar would be making landfall on Guam as a category 4 storm with 155 mph winds and a central pressure of 921 mb. EDT Tuesday (0Z Wednesday May 24), from the 6Z Tuesday, May 23, run of the HWRF model. Predicted wind speed (colors) and sea level pressure (black lines) for Mawar at 8 p.m. The Japan Meteorological Agency rated Mawar as having 115 mph winds (10-minute average, which is normally substantially lower than the 1-minute average). local time in Guam), Mawar had top sustained 1-minute average winds of 155 mph-just below the boundary for category 5 status-according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The Japan Meteorological Agency, the official agency responsible for typhoon warnings in the Northwest Pacific, estimated that Mawar’s central pressure fell by 35 mb, to 935 mb, in the 24 hours ending at 12Z Tuesday.Īt 12Z Tuesday (8 a.m. EDT), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). Mawar, meaning “rose” in Malaysian, put on an impressive feat of rapid intensification overnight, its winds increasing by 50 mph in the 18 hours ending at 6Z Tuesday (2 a.m. On the latest advisory from forward motion is currently at 7mph, which would put it in the slowest 10% of storms globally, and well below 13mph NW Pacific average, per Kossin (2018). While working full-time as a reporter in Grand Junction, she pursued a meteorology degree from Mississippi State University.As Super Typhoon #Mawar approaches Guam, don't lose sight of the rainfall risk. Before that, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alum worked for KJCT-TV in Grand Junction, Colo., and WNWO-TV in Toledo. He is a talented meteorologist who is working in a city he and his family call home," says WCPO-TV News Director Barry Fulmer in the station's announcement.Ĭohen, who grew up in the Highland Park suburb of Chicago, was a forecaster and reporter for WSYX-TV and WTTE-TV in Columbus for three-and-a-half years. "We are pleased to welcome Cameron to the WCPO 9 family. "I loved every minute of 2022, but I'm super excited to get back to weather in 2023 and continue having fun with viewers in the mornings." "My wife and I both worked from home (Downtown) in 2022 so we were able to stay home with our baby girl which was awesome," he tells me. The 43-year broadcasting veteran, who spent more than 30 years on Indianapolis TV, also does voice-over work and owns Weather History Research, a forensic meteorology business that researches past weather events and reports those findings to insurance companies and attorneys.Īfter leaving WLWT-TV, Hardin has worked the past year producing "neighborhood spotlight videos" as a content manager for the Gibler Team at Coldwell Banker. Poteet has not responded to my emails and messages about his future plans. 1 for the weekend evening meteorologist job Paul Poteet has held for five years. A few days later, WKRC-TV posted an opening on Feb. Meteorologist Karaline Cohen from WSYX-TV, a sister Sinclair station in Columbus, was hired last month to replace meteorologist Erica Collura, who left in October. Hardin arrives at WCPO-TV as WKRC-TV goes through changes in its weather team. Weekend morning forecaster Raven Richard was named WCPO-TV's weekday morning traffic reporter in August.įor six months, WCPO-TV has been looking for a weekend meteorologist so Raven Richard could switch to weekday traffic reporter from weather forecaster (but not a meteorologist).
