Early warning of low pressure area likely to strengthen into storm

For the low pressure area in the East Sea, it is forecasted that from the night of June 9 to June 10, it will move slowly in a westerly direction. From the night of June 9, the sea area from Binh Thuan to Ca Mau, the sea area south of the central East Sea, the South East Sea area (including the sea area of Truong Sa) is forecasted to have strong southwest winds of level 5-6, gusting to level 7-8, rough seas. From June 10, the sea will be rough and the waves will be 1.5-3m high.

On the evening of June 9, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (Department of Hydro-Meteorology, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment ) held a meeting to provide information on low pressure areas and related hydro-meteorological developments.

Direction of movement of low pressure area. Photo: National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting

Providing more information on this issue, Associate Professor, PhD, Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Mai Van Khiem said that according to the Center's forecast, the low pressure area is likely to strengthen into a tropical depression, then strengthen into a storm. This will be the first storm in 2025 not only in the East Sea but in the entire Northwest Pacific region.

According to Mr. Mai Van Khiem, most forecast models show that after the storm forms, it is predicted to enter the Hoang Sa area and then possibly move north towards Guangdong province (China). In addition, there is still a scenario with a low probability that this storm will move west towards Hainan island (China) and enter the Gulf of Tonkin.

"However, because this storm has not yet formed, there are still many things that can change and need to be monitored and updated in the next 1-2 days to more accurately assess the possibility and level of impact of the storm on the sea areas as well as whether it will affect our mainland or not. In the immediate future, we would like to emphasize the existing risk in the next 24-48 hours, which is the impact and influence of strong winds on shipping activities in the central and northern East Sea; in which it is necessary to pay close attention to storms of low pressure areas, tropical depressions or storms (if formed) because its circulation is forecast to be very wide. Along with that, the Southwest monsoon is currently operating strongly in our sea areas, causing a large source of moisture, which will suddenly trigger storms in the coming time. The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting is coordinating with international forecasting agencies such as Japan, China... to forecast the possibility of increasing the intensity of this storm in the next 2-3 days. Information related to this issue will be continuously monitored and updated by the Center on the website of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting at nchmf.gov.vn," Mr. Mai Van Khiem noted.

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