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Nari hurtles past Yokosuka, remains forecast to pass more than 120 miles east-southeast of Misawa late Monday evening.

Nari hurtles past Yokosuka, remains forecast to pass more than 120 miles east-southeast of Misawa late Monday evening. (Joint Typhoon Warning Center)

6 p.m. Monday, July 14, Japan time: Closest point of approach to Yokosuka Naval Base by Tropical Storm Nari has come and gone. Nari continues rocketing north and remains forecast to pass about 120 miles east-southeast of Misawa Air Base late Monday evening.

At 3 p.m., Nari was about 190 miles east-northeast of Yokosuka, hurtling north at 30 mph and holding steady at 52-mph sustained winds and 63-mph gusts at center. Fleet Activities Yokosuka remains in Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness Storm Watch through late Tuesday afternoon.

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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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