Typhoon Ayase

Typhoon Ayase was a typhoon from the 2016 W. Pacific Typhoon Season.

Meteorological History
On the 30th of March, a low pressure area formed near the Senkaku Islands of Japan. The low pressure area quickly moved eastwards and then northwards, organizing as it went. At midnight on April 1, the system developed into Tropical Depression 06W.

After about eighteen hours, the system was given the name 'Ayase' as it transitioned into a tropical storm. Beginning a northeastwards curve, the system began intensification, becoming a Category 3 Typhoon in just a few days. However, increasing wind shear knocked the system down a peg, slowly de-intensifying the system.

The system stabilised east of Tokyo, and became a steady Category 2 storm. The system hugged the east coast of Japan, before making landfall as a Tropical Storm near Muroran, Hokkaido. The system headed farther to the West, making landfall as a Tropical Depression near Veselyy Yar, Russia. The system promptly dissipated.

Japan
The swells from the storm downed a coastside power line in Aomori, causing the death of Hyogozuke Paine, an American-Japanese man.