Weather alert **TYPHOON**

Weather alert TYPHOON

8/7/2018

While the Mountain today had relatively calm weather, Typhoon #13 is bearing down on Japan quickly with Mt. Fuji forecasted to be significantly affected.

Starting tonight and going on until at least Thursday morning (Aug 9), Mt. Fuji is forecasted to get blasted with winds exceeding 100kph with gusts on top of that. In addition, massive amounts of rain are forecasted to fall. Visibility will also be zero as the Mountain is enveloped in a cloud.

THERE SHOULD BE NO ATTEMPT TO CLIMB MT FUJI FROM THE EVENING OF AUGUST 7 TO THE MORNING OF AUGUST 9 AT LEAST. THE MOUNTAIN IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IN A TYPHOON. CLIMBERS RISK BEING BLOWN OFF THE MOUNTAIN, BEING BLASTED BY SAND AND DIRT, BEING CAUGHT IN MUD/ROCK SLIDES AND GETTING DISORIENTED AND LOST.

Current typhoon status as of 8pm August 7. The typhoon is headed straight for the Tokyo/Fuji areas. A typhoon is the same as a hurricane.

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This is a regularly updated Mt. Fuji weather report provided for general informational purposes to the public. The report describes current weather conditions and issues and is not intended to be used as a forecast or an indication of whether or not one should climb Fuji.

Factors including fitness, hiking experience and gear should be taken into consideration when deciding whether or not you should climb.

Note that Mt Fuji is alpine terrain with frequent, sudden and unexpected changes in weather. Even the best models are frequently unable to predict suddenly appearing clouds, wind, rain, hail and lightning.

For weather forecasting, see the FMG page here for computer model forecasting.

Hikers climb Mt Fuji at their own risk.