Into Friday morning, Super Typhoon Dolphin has completed multiple eyewall replacement cycles, but seems to have settled on this one. Winds 135-knots = Category 4/5 Down the road, Dolphin 🐬will approach China ~8-days but landfall location highly uncertain. Imagery from squall.cloud viewer
Ryan Maue
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Meteorologist, Data Scientist Michigan, Florida State Alum https://weather.substack.com
Typhoon Dolphin (12W) now forecast to reach 165-knots in JTWC forecast, nearly T 8.0 on Dvorak scale. Currently Dolphin has a pinhole eye and is explosively intensifying. It should be a Super Typhoon in the next 12-hours. From Squall Cloud satellite viewer: squall.cloud/sat#wpac/ir
Extreme cold in the mid-levels of the atmosphere (500 mb) below -42°C centered on Chicago at 06z Monday morning (November 10, 2025) Very rare / epic event unexpected (not normal) for so early in the fall/winter season. -40°C contour typically found in Arctic or Siberia in Dec/Jan
Temperatures across the Lower 48 were chilly Thursday morning, almost 6°F below normal for October 30th.