Mangkhut Straightaway A Supertyphoon

From ABS-CBN News (Philippines):

MANILA (UPDATE) - Typhoon Mangkhut has intensified into a supertyphoon, the U.S.A. Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) said Tuesday.

It is currently packing 250 kilometers per hr maximum sustained winds in addition to gusts reaching 306 kph, according to one-minute readings made past times the US Navy-Air Force ascendance based inward Hawaii.
State atmospheric condition bureau PAGASA, however, said the tempest is solely packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kph amongst gusts of upward to 225 kph.

As of iii p.m., Mangkhut was located 1,650 km eastward of Southern Luzon, exterior the Philippine surface area of responsibility, according to patch atmospheric condition bureau PAGASA.

It is forecast to motion into PAR on Midweek afternoon if it continues to deed westward at xxx kph.
The tempest volition survive named Ompong in i trial it enters PAR.

The typhoon remains on rail to threaten Northern Luzon in addition to may traverse the Cagayan - Batanes area.

It is expected to elevate the southwest monsoon, bringing scattered lite to moderate rains over Zamboanga peninsula”, Western Visayas, in addition to Palawan starting Thursday.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction in addition to Management Council on Tuesday morning time already raised the highest alarm inward a 3-step organization every bit Mangkhut continues towards PAR....MORE

If that US Navy-Air Force guess is right those are 190 mph gusts which is pretty high, non globe tape or anything simply pretty high.

The PAR is the Philippines Area of Responsibility