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Typhoon Fitow (TY 10W) Is tracking in a Northwesterly direction at about 7 knots/8 mph/13 kmh towards Japan. Winds are estimated at 85 knots/98 mph/157 kmh. It is expected to make initial landfall on Honshu by 5 September as a Category 3 or 4 cyclone.
Fitow has all the typical makings of a Pacific typhoon of high strength. It has massive thunderstorms and a well defined eye. It is a little less symmetrical than is typical of this type of typhoon with a long arm of cloud reaching far to the west.
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The eye of Fitow is forecast to make landfall between Yokosuka and Tokyo and then track through the centre of the Japanese islands.
There is a possibility that Fitow could produce Category 4 winds in excess of 117 knots/135 mph/217 kmh.
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