Typhoon Surigae known as Bising in the Philippines continued to strengthen today maxing out with winds at Category 5 intensity. Not a common occurrence this time of year but not unheard of. Just 5 years ago Typhoon Maysak was a Super Typhoon in the Philippine Sea in late March. The storms track continues to pull north and will likely stay off shore of the Philippines but close enough to still cause problems with the outer rain bands.
At this time the official track does keep the storm east of the Philippines but close enough where it still can create problems including scattered showers and gusty winds on the east coast due to the outer rain bands as well as large waves.
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Disaster description
As of 1600 HRS 20 Apr 2021, Typhoon Surigae (local name: Bising), continues to maintain its strength as it moves slowly North-Northwestward East of Aurora Province, Philippines. At 1600 HRS today, the centre of the eye was located based on all available data at 475 km East of Baler, Aurora (16.0 °N, 126.0 °E ). Maximum sustained winds of 175 km/h near the centre and gustiness of up to 215 km/h. The typhoon is seen to move generally northward or north northwestward until Thursday (22 April) morning or afternoon. Afterwards, the typhoon will move northeastward away from the landmass of Luzon until Friday (23 April) and east northeastward throughout the remaining forecast period. The typhoon is projected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday (25 April) morning.
Offseason West Swell En Route to Hawaii
Former-Super Typhoon Surigae helps direct rare, springtime west swell to Oahu
Charlie Hutcherson
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Swell builds Friday, holds Saturday, eases Sunday; breezy E trades
On-track to become largest North Shore swell in May west of 315 degrees
It’s been three decades since the North Shores of Hawaii benefited from a solid west swell in May. The North Pacific usually shuts down by then, sending many frothing Hawaiians to more dependable springtime locales like Mexico, Central America and Indonesia.
But this May will be different. Record-breaking, early-season Super Typhoon Surigae provided the spark for a powerful Northwest Pacific storm that looks very similar to the 1989 system that was fueled by Super Typhoon Andy. That was one of the last times a solid, long-period west swell under 315 degrees graced the Seven Mile Miracle in May (as verified by our forecasting geeks, who dial these things down to the degree).