
Originariamente Scritto da
Aragorth
An area of disturbed weather developed east of the
Mariana Islands on
October 31, and moved west-northwestward over the next week without any increase in organization due to an unfavorable environment. The disturbance began to increase in organization on
November 6 after encountering more favorable conditions, and the
Japan Meteorological Agency declared it a tropical depression on
November 8. The
Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a
Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system later that day, and
PAGASA named the system Tropical Depression Queenie shortly after. The JTWC classified it as Tropical Depression 23W early on
November 9. According to the JTWC, lack of equatorial outflow prevented rapid intensification of the system. Later that day at 12 p.m. UTC, the
JMA upgraded it to a tropical storm named it Chebi, which means
swallow in
Korean. The JTWC and PAGASA both followed suit later that day. Early on
November 10, the
JMA upgraded Chebi to a severe tropical storm as it continued to move west towards the
Philippines, following a similar track as Typhoon Cimaron earlier in the season.
Just hours later, the JMA upgraded Chebi from severe tropical storm with 10-minute sustained winds of 55 knots to a typhoon with winds of 95 knots, with a pressure decrease of 40 hPa over three hours. The JTWC followed suit, upping Chebi from a tropical storm with 1-minute sustained winds of 55 knots to a
Category 4-equivalent typhoon at 9 a.m. UTC. PAGASA rose Public Storm Warning Signal 3 in some provinces as the storm
rapidly deepened and moved closer to
Luzon.
Now that is insane!!

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