Okinawa issues All Clear. Dolphin weakens into a Category 1-equivalent typhoon. Okinawa continues to face gusty winds and heavy rain deep into the weekend. Chan-hom lurks east of Kanto.

Okinawa issues All Clear. Dolphin weakens into a Category 1-equivalent typhoon. Okinawa continues to face gusty winds and heavy rain deep into the weekend. Chan-hom lurks east of Kanto. (Joint Typhoon Warning Center)

By DAVE ORNAUER 
STARS AND STRIPES

Published July 27, 2026

4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, Japan time: With Typhoon Dolphin hurtling away from Okinawa, U.S. bases on the island are now All Clear, as declared by 18th Wing commander at 3:45 p.m.. Dolphin has weakened into a Category 1-equivalent system and Okinawa should still see gusty winds and heavy rain through the weekend.

At 3 p.m. Saturday, Dolphin was about 160 miles west-northwest of Kadena Air Base, tracking northwest at 7 mph, holding steady with 90-mph sustained winds and 115-mph gusts at the center.

If Dolphin continues moving as forecast, Joint Typhoon Warning Center projects it to maintain Category 1-equivalent intensity as it zig-zags away from Okinawa with sustained 90-mph winds and up to 115-mph gusts.

Meanwhile, about 980 miles east of Yokosuka Naval Base, Tropical Storm Chan-hom continues lurking. It is not forecast to become anything major. JTWC projects it to peak at 58-mph sustained winds and 69-mph gusts at mid-afternoon Monday and pass 145 miles south of Misawa Air Base at around 8 p.m. Tuesday. Storm Tracker has the watch.

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Dave Ornauer has been employed by or assigned to Stars and Stripes Pacific almost continuously since March 5, 1981. He covers interservice and high school sports at DODEA-Pacific schools and manages the Pacific Storm Tracker.

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