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Tropical Storm 12W (Haikui), # 9: TCCOR Storm Watch issued.

By Dave Ornauer
Published: August 5, 2012

11 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, Japan time: Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness Storm Watch was issued for Okinawa at 10:30 p.m.

That said, please remain vigilant and don't get complacent. All weather officials' eyes remain trained on Tropical Storm Haikui, which remains in the area and continues to buffet Okinawa with 25- to 30-mph winds and 35-mph gusts.

Maximum wind speeds at Naha International Airport were 43 mph sustained and with 57-mph gusts. More than 2 inches of rain had fallen between 6:52 p.m. Saturday and Sunday evening, with more expected.

Unless Haikui reverses course and heads back to Okinawa, PST signs off for now.
 

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Dave Ornauer has been with Stars and Stripes since March 5, 1981. One of his first assignments as a beat reporter in the old Japan News Bureau was “typhoon chaser,” a task which he resumed virtually full time since 2004, the year after his job, as a sports writer-photographer, moved to Okinawa and Ornauer with it.

As a typhoon reporter, Ornauer pores over Web sites managed by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center as well as U.S. government, military and local weather outlets for timely, topical information. Pacific Storm Tracker is designed to take the technical lingo published on those sites and simplify it for the average Stripes reader.