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Map: Tracking Super Typhoon Krathon

Krathon was a super typhoon in the South China Sea on Tuesday morning, Taiwan time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest report.

The super typhoon had sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, which would make it a Category 4 hurricane if it struck the Atlantic Ocean.

All times on the map are Taiwanese time. From The New York Times

Where will it rain?

Flash flooding may occur well inland and away from the storm center. Even weaker storms can produce excessive rainfall that can flood low-lying areas.

Source: NOAA From The New York Times

Typhoon season is all year round. However, most typhoons occur from early July to mid-December.

Most typhoons scrape or hit places like the Philippines, Japan and Taiwan. They may also hit the Korean Peninsula, China and Vietnam, bringing damaging winds and storm surges.

Typhoons have also hit U.S. territories, causing billions of dollars in devastating damage in places like Guam, which was hit by Super Typhoon Mawar in May last year.

Sources and notes

Tracking map Tracking data comes from the National Hurricane Center and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The map shows probabilities of at least 5 percent. The forecast extends for up to five days, with this period beginning up to three hours before the reported time of the storm reaching its final location. No wind speed probability data is available north of 60.25 degrees north latitude.

Wind arrival table The arrival times are generated from a New York Times analysis of National Hurricane Center data. Geographical locations use data from the US Census Bureau and Natural Earth. Time zones are based on Google. The table shows the predicted arrival times of sustained damaging winds of 58 miles per hour or greater for select cities where such winds are likely to reach. When damaging winds reach a location, the chance of them arriving before the “earliest” time is at most 10 percent and the chance of them arriving before the “most likely” time is only 50 percent.

Satellite map Images come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Japanese Meteorological Agency through the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere.

precipitation Map Data for multi-day forecasts or observed precipitation amounts come from the National Weather Service. The 1-day forecast comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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