TAIPEI (LALATE) – The Typhoon Fanapi Projected Path for Taipei (photos / maps below) was announced Saturday by Taiwan and U.S. military officials. Typhoon Fanapi’s Projected Path will have it arriving Sunday says the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command’s JTWC in a news statement issued Saturday.

JTWC Saturday says Typhoon Fanapi is an active tropical cyclone in northwestpac. JTWC says in the last six hours Fanapi has moved 285 degrees at 09 KTS; that data has been determined by eye fixing and a combo of satelitte and radard. Three days ago, it’s maximum sustained winds were 060 KT with GUSTS 075 KT.

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JTWC tells news today that it is has Typhoon Fanapi tracked now at roughly 165 NM east-southeast of Taipei, Taiwan, moving west-northwest at 09 knots with maximum wave crests at 28 feet.

NASA says today:

“At 06:00 UTC on September 17, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported that Fanapi was centered near 23 degrees North latitude, 128 degrees East longitude, about 640 kilometers (400 miles) east-southeast of Taipei, Taiwan. The category 1 typhoon had sustained winds of 139 kilometers (86 miles) per hour at the time. Wave heights were 22 feet. JTWC forecasters predicted that the storm would make landfall in Taiwan on September 19.”

Fanapi is Taiwan’s 11th typhoon this year. China has alerted its citizens as well.

Fanapi is expected to be in Hualien on Sunday morning reaching grade-10 status. and then in Hualien, Yilan and northern Taiwan Sunday morning.

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HONDURAS (LALATE) – Tropical Storm Alex is now threatening Honduras, Belize, and Guatemala. Tropical Storm Alex’s projected path was updated by the National Hurricane Center Saturday as increasing in hurricane speed and strength. Formerly Tropical Depression One (Friday) is now Tropical Storm Alex, putting residents of Honduras and border regions on alert today.

Alex is moving west-northwest at 9 mph. Its projected path puts Alex arriving at the Coast of Belize and Yucatan Peninsula Saturday night. Sunday night it will be in the southern Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical storm force gusts will reach 115 miles.

Alex will be generating 4 to 8 inches of rain across Honduras and Guatemala. In mountain regions, Alex could drop 15 inches. Flash flooding alerts especially in foothills is the greatest concern Saturday. Mudslide warnings are being alerted.

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HONDURAS (LALATE) – A huracán alert for Honduras is in place tonight. The Honduras huracán (hurricane) alert was issued at 11:25 PM EST 8:30 PM PST Friday by the Government of Honduras to its residents, reports the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

Honduras is warning residents in the Islands of Roatan, Guanaja and Utila tonight of a moving tropical storm for the next 24 hours. Honduras is additionally warning coast communities from Limon to the West and residents in the area near the Guatemala border.

The alert is expected to remain in place for 12 hours (8 AM PST 11 AM EST Saturday) with concerns still in place until Saturday evening. No reports of injuries have been given. For U.S. residents, the storm is being called Tropical Depression One.

In other hurricane news, Hurricane Celia is weakening to a Cat 3 while Hurricane Darby is still organized.

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ACAPULCO, MEXICO (LALATE) – Alerts have been issued for Mexico as Hurricane Celia’s projected path approaches. Hurricane Celia has been named as the 2010 season’s first hurricane as it upgraded in strength and winds today.

Celia is currently Category 1, 365 miles south of Acapulco. In an alert issued by the National Hurricane moments ago (2 PM PST Sunday) to international news, NHC says no coastal watches nor warnings are in effect. But NHC warns that Hurricane Celia is moving west at 7 mph and is strengthening over the next 48 hours. Celia’s hurricane winds are expected to reach a 15 mile radius and tropical storm force winds to reach 708 mph.

On Saturday, Celia was roughly 540 KM south east of the city. Celia’s current maximum winds are 75 mph.

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ACAPULCO, MEXICO (LALATE) – Hurricane alerts for Tropical storm Celia put a projected path of Acapulco, Mexico this weekend. Celia has not generated coastal watches nor warnings but is moving west at 6 KT Saturday, says NHC, causing concerns for residents of vacation destination Acapulco, Mexico.

NHC said moments ago  at 2 PM PST that Celia is strengthening and becoming better organized as she heads to Acapulco. She is roughly 540 KM south east of the city currently, generating maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, moving currently at 7 mph. Celia is forecasted to remain strong for the next 48 hours.

NHC warns dangerous surf conditions along portions of the Pacific Coast of Mexico for the next few days because of Celia. NHC says Celia will cause significant ocean swells.

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