User blog:Hurricane Layten/2015 Pacific Typhoon Season looks set to become violent...

Based on the activity so far, I would say the typhoon season looks set to become a violent one. Typhoon Higos is now weakening over the central western pacific ocean, and is set to mercifully avoid land during its weakening. I feel that maybe we could see another Haiyan type storm this year, which may become even more catastrophic than the 2013 storm was. The first typhoon of January to make a direct landfall in the Philippines happened on January 17ht, the first to do so since Roy in 1988. Warm ocean SSTs also seem to be an issue at the moment - showing that a possible El Nino could occur this year, which could indeed spell trouble for the typhoon prone Philippines. I shall publish my typhoon season predictions as soon as I am able, including the actual first 3 storms of the season, the unnumbered tropical depression, Mekkhala, and the most recent, Higos. Enjoy the day, Worldssttrongestcyclone