02W Pakmar (Weather)
Guess 01 was that thing that went through about a month ago, but since this is the first named typhoon of the season, it probably deserves a thread. Interestingly there's been a pretty dramatic upgrading in the last 24 hours - winds now expected to gust up to 100kts - that's getting pretty decent for March. Previously it wasn't forecast to get past TS strength.![[image]](http://site25.net/storms/wp0212.gif)
Hope we score some 'drift up' rain out of it - looks quite possible from the sat loop.
![[image]](http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7/observe/satellite/Data/s5q/s5q-2012-03-30-20-00.jpg)
![[image]](http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7e/observe/rainfall/Data/2012-04-02_1900.EZJ.jpg)