Chinanews.com, August 30. According to the website of the Central Meteorological Observatory, the 9th typhoon of this year, "Mesaq", has strengthened from a severe tropical storm to a typhoon level on the morning of the 30th. The speed of 15-20 kilometers will move northward and westward, and will move into the southeast of the East China Sea from the night of the 31st to the morning of September 1. The intensity continues to increase, and the strongest can reach the strong typhoon level or super typhoon level.
This year's No. 9 typhoon "Mesaq" path probability forecast map for the next 120 hours
This year’s No. 9 typhoon "Mesaq" has strengthened from a severe tropical storm to a typhoon on the morning of the 30th. At 5 o'clock in the morning, its center is still located on the ocean about 1,000 kilometers south of Naha, Okinawa, Japan, which is 17.3 north latitude. Degrees, east longitude 128.8 degrees, the maximum wind force near the center is 12 (33 m/s, typhoon level), the minimum pressure at the center is 975 hPa, the radius of the seventh wind circle is 150-300 kilometers, and the radius of the ten wind circle is 90 kilometers.
It is expected that “Mesaac” will move northward and westward at a speed of 15-20 kilometers per hour, and will move into the sea southeast of the East China Sea from the night of the 31st to the morning of September 1. It can reach the strong typhoon level or super typhoon level (50-55 m/s, 15-16 level); afterwards, it gradually turns to the east by north in the northern part of the East China Sea, and tends to the southern part of the Korean peninsula, where the intensity gradually weakens.