China News Service, August 29. According to the Central Meteorological Observatory’s website on the 28th, the tropical depression east of the Philippines intensified into the ninth typhoon "Mesaac" this year on the afternoon of the 28th. It is expected that "Mesaac" will circulate in place first. After the 29th, it will move to the north-west at a speed of 15-20 kilometers per hour, and will move into the southern part of the East China Sea at night on the 31st. The intensity will gradually increase, and the strongest will reach the strong typhoon level (45-50 m/s, 14 -15 level).
This year's No. 9 typhoon "Mesaq" path probability forecast map for the next 120 hours
The tropical depression east of the Philippines strengthened into the ninth typhoon "Mesak" (English name: Maysak; name origin: Cambodia; name meaning: a kind of tree) this year on the afternoon of the 28th. Its center was located in Okinawa, Japan at 5 pm On the ocean about 1,050 kilometers east of Naha, it is 17.0 degrees north latitude and 129.9 degrees east longitude. The maximum wind force near the center is 8 (18 m/s, tropical storm level), and the lowest pressure at the center is 998 hPa, level 7. The radius of the wind circle is 150-300 kilometers.
It is expected that "Mesaac" will orbit in place first, and will move northwestward at a speed of 15-20 kilometers per hour after the 29th. It will move into the southern part of the East China Sea on the night of the 31st. The intensity will gradually increase; the strongest can reach the strongest. Typhoon level (45-50 m/s, 14-15 level); starting at night on September 1, it turned to east-north in the northern part of the East China Sea, and tended to the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, and its intensity gradually weakened.