Storm SAOLA enters the East Sea, becoming storm number 3

Direction of movement of storm SAOLA.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 4:00 p.m. on August 30, the center of storm SAOLA was located at about 20.5 degrees North latitude; 119.8 degrees East longitude, in the northeastern sea of ​​the North East Sea. The strongest wind near the center of the storm was level 15-16 (167-201 km/h), gusting to level 17, moving in the West Northwest direction, at a speed of about 15 km/h.

At 4:00 p.m. on August 31, the storm moved in a West-Northwest direction at a speed of about 10-15 km/h in the northeastern sea area of ​​the North East Sea, about 370 km East-Southeast of Hong Kong (China).

From the next 72 to 120 hours, the storm will move mainly in the West Southwest direction, traveling 5-10 km per hour, with the intensity likely to gradually decrease.

Due to the influence of the storm, the northeastern sea area of ​​the North East Sea has strong storm winds of level 9-10, then increasing to level 11-13, near the storm center level 14-16, gusting above level 17; rough seas.

In the eastern sea of ​​the North East Sea, waves are 4.0-6.0m high, then increase to 8.0-10.0m.

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