A developing storm low east of Japan Dec 10-11th will deepen rapidly into an intense hurricane force storm enroute to the Aleutians by the 13th with winds forecast to 75 knots and significant wave heights to 16 meters (about 52 feet). Expecting a significant impact to to vessels using the northern North Pacific routes.
96 Hour NOAA OPC surface forecast 12Z 13 Dec 2015
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