Typhoon No. 6 moves north over the East China Sea Okinawa is wary of heavy rain Typhoon No. 5 turns into a tropical cyclone – Weather News

2022/08/01 07:35 Weather News

As of 6:00 on August 1 (Monday), Typhoon Troses is heading north through the East China Sea west of Kyushu. After this, it is expected to weaken gradually and turn into a tropical cyclone tonight.

Although the typhoon has moved away from Okinawa, warm and moist air will continue to flow in from the south, and rain will continue. Under the developed rain clouds, heavy rain is expected to fall, and it is expected to become a thunderstorm. Beware of flooding of rivers and irrigation canals, flooding of roads, etc.

▼ Typhoon No. 6 As of 6:00 on Monday, August 1
Central location west of Kyushu
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Move North 30 km/h
Central pressure 998 hPa
Maximum wind speed 18 m/s
The maximum instantaneous wind speed is 25 m/s

Risk of heavy rain mainly in Okinawa

Typhoon No. 6 has developed rain clouds south of the center, and is flowing into the vicinity of the main island of Okinawa one following another. In Kumejima, very heavy rainfall of 55.0mm was observed in one hour until 15:50.

Typhoon No. 6 will continue to move north, and is expected to change to a tropical cyclone tomorrow morning on Monday, August 1. However, active rain clouds will continue to flow into Okinawa Prefecture, and heavy rain will fall intermittently. Please be careful and vigilant of localized heavy rain, flooding of lowlands due to heavy rain, landslide disasters, and rising water and flooding of rivers until tomorrow.

Western Japan is also affected by the humid air brought in by the typhoon on the Pacific side of Shikoku and Kyushu, and locally active rain clouds are passing. The rain clouds are expected to gradually decrease tomorrow, but the ground may be loosened due to the rain so far, so please stay away from dangerous places such as steep slopes.

Typhoon No. 5 turns into a tropical cyclone

Also, Typhoon No. 5 (Songda) turned into a tropical cyclone in the Yellow Sea today at 3:00 on Monday, August 1.

Heavy rains expected in northern Japan through midweek

Precipitation forecast for 12 hours and forecast weather chart until 9:00 on Wednesday, August 3

Typhoon No. 5 (Songda) turned into a tropical cyclone in the Yellow Sea today at 3:00 on Monday, August 1st.

However, due to the damp air brought in by the typhoon, frontal activity from the Korean Peninsula to the Sea of ​​Japan will become active, and there is a risk of heavy rain in northern Japan and other areas on the 3rd (Wednesday).

There is still a lot of uncertainty in the forecast, but depending on the situation, it is possible that the rain will cause disasters, so please check the latest information frequently.

The average number of occurrences in July is 3.7.

In 2022, Typhoon No. 1 and Typhoon No. 2 occurred in April, Typhoon No. 3 occurred at the end of June, Typhoon No. 4 occurred on July 1, and Typhoon No. 5 was the first typhoon to occur in regarding four weeks. rice field.

The average number of typhoons in July is 3.7. From now on, the number of typhoons will increase at once, so please check typhoon information from time to time and prepare for typhoons.

typhoon name

The names of typhoons are prepared in advance by 140 names proposed by member countries of the international organization “Typhoon Committee”, etc., and are given in order of occurrence.

Typhoon No. 6’s name, Trases, was proposed by Cambodia and comes from the word for woodpecker.

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