Typhoon No. 6 becomes a strong force over the 23rd and approaches Okinawa. Storm and high wave alert

Typhoon No. 6 is expected to move from the west while involving the Daito Islands region of Okinawa Prefecture in the storm area, and will become a strong force and approach Okinawa by July 23.

Be wary of storms and high waves.

According to the Meteorological Observatory, Typhoon No. 6 is expected to travel 160 km south-southwest of Minamidaitojima at noon to the west-northwest at a speed of about 10 km per hour.

The central pressure is 985 hectopascals, the maximum wind speed near the center is 30 meters, the maximum instantaneous wind speed is 40 meters, and storms with wind speeds of 25 meters or more are blowing within 185 km northeast and 150 km southwest of the center.

Very strong winds are blowing in the Daito Islands region where the typhoon is approaching. ▽ At Kitadaito Airport, we observed a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 31.9 meters after 10 am.

The typhoon is expected to develop and move south of Okinawa from the west, becoming a strong force and approaching the Toshima Islands until July 23.

The maximum wind speed expected over the 21st is

40 meters in the Okinawa region,

20 meters in the Amami region of Kagoshima prefecture, and the

maximum instantaneous wind speed is

55 meters in the Okinawa

region and 30 meters in the Amami region.

The maximum wind speed over the 23rd is

▽ 30 to 40 meters in the Okinawa region,

▽ 15 to 19 meters in the Amami region, the

maximum instantaneous wind speed is

▽ 40 to 60 meters in the Okinawa region,

▽ 20 to 30 meters in the Amami region. Is expected.

The seas of Okinawa and Amami are expected to become a big swell of 8 meters with swells over the 21st, and in the Okinawa region it is expected to be a fierce swell of 9 meters on the 22nd.

Due to the approaching typhoon, the atmospheric conditions in Okinawa and Amami become extremely unstable, and there is a risk of heavy rain accompanied by lightning and extremely heavy rain locally.

The amount of rain that falls in the daytime on the 21st

is expected to be

150 mm in the Okinawa

region and 120 mm in the Amami region, and

then in the 24 hours in the daytime on the 22nd in the

Okinawa region. It

is expected to be

100 mm to 200 mm,

and 50 mm to 100 mm in the Amami region.

Rainfall may increase depending on the course of the typhoon.

The Japan Meteorological Agency is wary of high waves accompanied by swells, and is calling for early measures against wind and rain in areas where typhoons are approaching in the future.