{"id":1659,"date":"2018-01-19T20:02:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T01:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2018-01-19T22:30:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T03:30:38","slug":"dangerous-hurricane-force-storm-forecast-off-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/19\/dangerous-hurricane-force-storm-forecast-off-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangerous Hurricane-force storm forecast off Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1660\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pac1.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1660\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1660\" src=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pac1-300x220.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pac1-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pac1-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pac1-1024x750.png 1024w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pac1.png 1194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA OPC Forecast for 1200 UTC 23 January 2017<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A rapidly developing hurricane-force storm low is forecast over the western North Pacific off the coast of Japan January 22nd-23rd with storm to hurricane force winds and significant wave heights to 17 meters (about 56 Feet). This will be a dangerous storm affecting ships arriving and departing Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The highest significant wave height ever recorded was a massive 19 meters (62.3 feet!) measured by a buoy in the North Atlantic.<\/p>\n<h2>Wave Relationships<\/h2>\n<p>Hs or H1\/3 = Significant wave height (average of the highest 1\/3 waves)<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\nH1\/10 (Highest 10% wave height) = 1.27 x Hs<br \/>\nH1\/100 (Highest 1% wave height) = 1.67 x Hs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanweatherservices.com\/\u2026\/a_mariners_guide_to_w\u2026\"><strong>Read more about ocean waves here<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanweatherservices.com\/featured_blog_posts\/the_other_hurricane_season\"><strong>Read more about Hurricane-force extra-tropical storms here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1661\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pac2.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1661\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1661\" src=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pac2-1024x838.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pac2-1024x838.png 1024w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pac2-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pac2-768x628.png 768w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pac2.png 1049w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA Significant Wave Forecast 1200 UTC Jan 23rd.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rapidly developing hurricane-force storm low is forecast over the western North Pacific off the coast of Japan January 22nd-23rd with storm to hurricane force winds and significant wave heights to 17 meters (about 56 Feet). 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