Long animations of Typhoon Mawar in the western Pacific
The Himawari-9 Target sector monitored the evolution of Typhoon Mawar from its inception. The animation above (it re-centers occasionally) shows the initial intensification of the system, a brief but notable weakening just prior to moving close to Guam, and then reintensification to the west-northwest of the Marianas. The animation below tracks the storm from near peak intensity to weakening to the northeast of the Philippines.
Total Precipitable Water fields from MIMIC, below, suggest the weakening near Guam may have been influenced by dry air that wrapped into the system from the west and south.
