Tras el petardazo que dio durante la madrugada... se ha debilitado un poco al sufrir un ciclo de reemplazamiento del ojo, que se intuía ya esta mañana al verse un doble eyewall en su estructura...
Del Centro Conjunto de Advertencia de Tifones, JTWC:
TYPHOON (TY) 18W (PHANFONE), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 332 NM
SOUTHWEST OF IWO TO, HAS TRACKED NORTHWESTWARD AT 11 KNOTS OVER THE
PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED ENHANCED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY
INDICATES SLIGHT WEAKENING OF THE SYSTEM, HOWEVER, TY 18W HAS
RETAINED A CLOUD-FILLED EYE AND TIGHTLY-CURVED BANDING. A 020940Z
TRMM IMAGE APPEARS TO INDICATE FORMATION OF A SECONDARY EYEWALL AND
SUGGESTS AN EYEWALL REPLACEMENT CYCLE, WHICH MAY ACCOUNT FOR THE
RECENT WEAKENING TREND. THEREFORE, THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS ASSESSED
AT 110 KNOTS BASED ON DVORAK FINAL-T INTENSITY AND CURRENT INTENSITY
ESTIMATES OF T5.5/6.0 (102/115 KNOTS) FROM ALL AGENCIES. BASED ON
THE SMALL INNER EYEWALL, THERE IS GOOD CONFIDENCE IN THE INITIAL
POSITION AND RECENT MOTION DESPITE A PRONOUNCED WOBBLE. ANIMATED
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO DEPICT EXCELLENT NEAR-RADIAL
OUTFLOW, PARTICULARLY THE POLEWARD CHANNEL. TY 18W IS TURNING
NORTHWESTWARD AS IT BEGINS TO TRACK ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN PERIPHERY
OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE (STR) TOWARD A BROAD WEAKNESS CREATED BY A
DEEP MIDLATITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH POSITIONED OVER EASTERN CHINA AND
THE EAST CHINA SEA.
Viendo la última imagen disponible de microondas, se observa que el proceso está casi completo, con la presencia de un ojo muy grande, y una pequeña pelota en el centro-este, resto del viejo. Ahora hay que esperar que se contraiga y en anillo convectivo se recupere, creciendo y enfriándose de nuevo. Tiene tiempo para hacerlo.