Thoughts on Typhoon Ketsana

This year, Tropical Storm CenterNo. 16 entered the eastern South China Sea on the evening of 26th, and intensified into a severe tropical storm at 5: 00 on 27th. At 0500 hours, its center is located on the sea surface about 9 10 km southeast of Sanya City, Hainan Province, namely 15.6 degrees north latitude and17.6 degrees east longitude.

It is estimated that "Kesana" will move to the north-north direction at a speed of about 20 kilometers per hour and gradually approach the southern coast of Hainan. It will brush the southern coast of Hainan from noon on the 29th to noon on the 30th, or cross the southern coast of Hainan to approach the coast of Vietnam, and the intensity will continue to strengthen.

Affected by "Ketsana" and its peripheral cloud system, there will be strong winds of 7 ~ 9 in bashi channel, Balintang Strait, most of the South China Sea, and the eastern and southern coasts of Hainan during the day and night on the 27th, and the winds near the center of "Ketsana" will gradually increase to 10 ~ 12, with gusts up to13 ~. There will also be 6-7 winds in the Taiwan Province Strait, east of Taiwan Province, Guangdong coastal areas and south-central coastal areas of Fujian, with gusts up to 8.