▲ Typhoon "Francisco" at 1 pm on June 6,


The center of the Franciscan typhoon No. 8, which is expected to land on the southern coast of Korea on the 6th, is close to Japan's Tsushima Island.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, "Francis" is moving toward the north-west direction at a distance of 29 km per hour from 200 km northwest of Kagoshima, Japan, at 12 o'clock today.

At 1 pm, we are now closer to Tsushima.

Francis, a small typhoon, has a central air pressure of 996 hPa, a maximum wind speed of 82 km / h (20 m / sec) and a strong wind radius of 80 km.

The typhoon is in a state of extreme strength as expected.

The KMA said, "The upper and lower floors of the whirlpool are separated and weakened as the typhoon landed in Kyushu, Japan, and the western part of the vortex was weakened." The upper floors are expected to advance to the Korea Strait and the lower floors to the Korea Strait this afternoon. " .

The lower stratum center is about 50 km south of the upper stratum center.

'Francis' will pass through Tsushima and move to about 70 km south of Busan at 6 pm and will land at Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do and South coast near Busan from 9 pm to midnight.

If you look at the nearest time to the center of typhoon by city, it is expected that Geoje will be at 8:00 pm on that day, 9:00 pm in Busan, and Daegu will be midnight.

At around 6 am on the 7th, it is expected to weaken to the tropical low pressure area in the north and west of Gyeongbuk, about 70 km from North and South.

Even if the typhoon is weak, it needs thorough preparation.

The eastern part of the typhoon route is expected to be particularly affected.

Even if the typhoon extinguishes earlier than expected, the precipitation is expected to fall to the level of the original forecast.

"The typhoon is expected to fall into the Gangwon Sokcho, where the typhoon has been weakened by the tropical low pressure," he said. "The impact of the rain clouds accompanying the typhoon is not much different from the existing forecast."

Estimated precipitation for 6-7 days is over 200㎜ in Gyeongnam Coast and Youngdong in Gangwon Province.

Other Gyeongsang Province, Gangwon Province and Chungcheong Province are 50 to 150 mm.

Seoul, Gyeonggi, Chungnam and Jeolla are forecast to rain 10 ~ 60㎜, and the central, Cholla west coast, Jeju, Ulleungdo and Dokdo will rain 5 ~ 40㎜.

Typhoon information has been issued in the southern part of the southern part of the East Sea and the eastern part of the South Sea.

Busan, Ulsan, Gyeongnam part, Gyeongbuk part, Daegu, etc.

(Photo = Provided by National Weather Satellite Center, Yonhap News)