Typhoon Tip: Difference between revisions

'''Typhoon Tip''', known in the Philippines as '''Super Typhoon Warling''', was the largest and most intense [[tropical cyclone]] ever recorded. The forty-third tropical depression, nineteenth tropical storm, twelfth typhoon, and third [[super typhoon]] of the [[1979 Pacific typhoon season]], Tip developed out of a disturbance within the [[monsoon trough]] on October&nbsp;4 near [[Pohnpei]] in Micronesia. Initially, [[1979 Pacific typhoon season#Tropical Storm Roger (Trining)|Tropical Storm Roger]] to the northwest hindered the development and motion of Tip, though after the storm tracked farther north, Tip was able to intensify. After passing [[Guam]], Tip [[rapid deepening|rapidly intensified]] and reached peak sustained winds of {{convert|305|km/h|mph|round=5|abbr=on}}<ref group="nb">All wind speeds in the article are [[maximum sustained wind]]s sustained for one minute, unless otherwise noted.</ref> and a worldwide record-low [[atmospheric pressure|sea-level pressure]] of {{convert|870|hPa|inHg|sigfig=4|lk=on|abbr=on}} on October&nbsp;12. At its peak intensity, Tip was the largest tropical cyclone on record, with a wind diameter of {{convert|2,220|km|mi|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}. Tip slowly weakened as it continued west-northwestward and later turned to the northeast, in response to an approaching [[trough (meteorology)|trough]]. The typhoon made [[landfall (meteorology)|landfall]] in southern Japan on October&nbsp;19, and became an [[extratropical cyclone]] shortly thereafter. Tip's extratropical remnants continued moving east-northeastward, until they dissipated near the [[Aleutian Islands]] on October 24.

 

== Meteorological history ==