Yesterday, the weather service posted this graphic of the projected path of the typhoon that's blowing through right now. I thought it was a bit comical the way it turned at sea and moved DIRECTLY toward Japan and up the coastline, almost like it was aimed. It seems like it's moving faster than expected, and tomorrow's forecast is beautiful. There were VERY heavy winds all morning here, but no problems. In this area, after they hit land, typhoons immediately begin to lose power and quickly dissipate as they move inland. The result is mostly heavy rain, usually not enough to be dangerous; nothing like the recent tornadoes in the States. It is rather unusual how early the typhoon season started this year, though; this is already number two. Hopefully the rest of the typhoons AND tornadoes this year won't cause problems.
The weather service also officially announced that the rainy season (tsuyu) has begun. That's early too this year, so hopefully it will end early also.
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