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There are FIVE concurrently active tropical systems and disturbances in the Western North Pacific.
Not one, not two. FIVE! The Pacific is roaring with storms.
Apart from #SevereTropicalStorm #Saudel, which is expected to be upgraded to #Typhoon soon before hitting Okinawa next Wednesday, there are one tropical depression, two tropical disturbances, and one subtropical disturbance.
Saudel is a Pohnpeian name for the title of Chief Soudelor's trusted guard or soldier.
#TropicalStorm #Nari (나리; Korean for lily) moved past Hokkaido last week. A new #TropicalDepression will soon become #TropicalStorm #Wipha (วิภา; Thai woman's name):
• It will skirt northern Luzon, Philippines by Fri evening, before entering South China Sea on Sat.
• It will brush past Hong Kong and Macau by Sunday pm.
• It may make landfall as a #SevereTropicalStorm on Leizhou Pen., in Hainan, China, or in Vietnam on Tue.
• It might not reach #Typhoon strength though. We'll wait and see.
#Typhoon #Danas (now downgraded to #SevereTropicalStorm) has come and gone. Where we live up in North #Taiwan is mostly fine. However, southern cities and counties such #Chiayi suffered pretty bad damage.
Two tropical cyclones in the Western North Pacific at the moment:
• #SevereTropicalStorm #Mun is expected to briefly reach #Typhoon strength by Sunday morning. It will not affect any major landmass.
• #TropicalStorm #Danas will intensify as a Typhoon, and move NE along the Taiwan Strait, skirting the west coast of #Taiwan on Sunday afternoon and much of Monday.
• Mun is the Yapese name for the month of June; while Danas is a Tagalog word, meaning "to feel".
One last tropical weather update before I go to bed.
• #Gaemi is now a #SevereTropicalStorm and will continue to strengthen until Wednesday, thanks to high sea temp and low vertical wind shear.
• Its forecast peak is slightly lowered to 90kts/104mph/167kph. It will skirt northern #Taiwan as a #Typhoon Thursday morning.
• Meanwhile #TropicalStorm #Prapiroon will make landfall in #Hainan, #China shortly.
• Prapiroon (พระพิรุณ) is the Thai name for Varuna, the Hindu deity for sky and rain.
#weather #news #Philippines #Luzon
Hope this #SevereTropicalStorm Jolina (Conson) passes soon. And hopefully people will heed warnings. We tend to underestimate weather severity. #StayHome #StaySafe
Pleased to see that it's estimated to be out of the country by the weekend. (Yes, please!! 🙏) But then someone else is coming to visit -- #typhoon Kiko (Chanthu). It's supposed to pass higher up north. Easier for most parts of the country, unlike Jolina that just rolled directly over the islands.
