Periodic Cycles of Eyewall Convection Limit the Rapid Intensification of Typhoon Hato (2017)

Figure 3

Model domains and Hato 6 h tracks and intensities from observations and simulations between 12:00 UTC on 21 August 2017 and 12:00 UTC on 23 August 2017 (model hours 0–48). (a) Location of the domains and track observations from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA; blue), Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC; green), China Meteorological Administration (CMA; black), and WRF simulated track (red). (b) Minimum sea level pressure (MSLP; blue lines) and maximum 10 m wind speed (MWS; red lines) from best-track databases, and the WRF simulation between the black solid lines is the analysis time from cycles 1 to 4.

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