Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka reverts to seasonal TCCOR 5. Halong forecast to remain high-end Category 4-equivalent system as it stays well off Japan’s coast. (Joint Typhoon Warning Center)

11:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, Japan time: Halong continues to be a vicious high-end Category 4-equivalent typhoon, but U.S. bases in the Kanto Plain remain well out of harm’s way.

Joint Typhoon Warning Center’s latest forecast track also continues to keep Halong well offshore, though the south coast of Japan can expect gusty winds, showers and high surf.

At 9 p.m., Halong was about 265 miles south of Camp Fuji, heading northeast at 14 mph, still packing 140-mph sustained winds and 170-mph gusts at center.

Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka has reverted back to Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 5 in advance of Halong, as destructive/damaging winds are not forecast for the Kanto area.

If Halong stays on current heading, JTWC projects it to continue northeast as a Category 4-equivalent system as it passes about 188 miles south of Yokosuka at mid-morning Thursday.

Yokosuka’s forecast continues to call for showers Wednesday and Thursday, with 30- to 35-mph sustained winds and 50-mph gusts expected around mid-morning Thursday.