According to storm news, the latest low pressure from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the low pressure near the East Sea has officially strengthened into a tropical depression.
As of 8 pm on April 8 (local time), the center of the low pressure was located at about 8.8 degrees North latitude - 152.9 degrees East longitude, about 2, 925 km east of the Northeast of Mindanao.
The strongest wind near the center of the tropical depression reached 55 km/h, gusting up to 70 km/h. The tropical depression is moving westward at a speed of about 15 km/h, towards the East Sea.
Due to being far from the mainland, the tropical depression has not yet had a significant impact on the weather on the islands of the Philippines.
In the East Sea, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the Gulf of Tonkin area will experience scattered showers and thunderstorms, visibility over 10km. South to southeast winds will remain at level 4-5; especially in the north of the Gulf, in the late afternoon and night, at times it will increase to level 6, gusting to level 7-8, causing rough seas, waves commonly from 1.0-2.5m high.
The coastal strip from Quang Tri to Khanh Hoa has quite stable weather, no rain, good visibility over 10km. Wind mainly in the south to southwest direction level 3-5, waves about 1.0-2.0m high.
The area from Lam Dong to An Giang and the Gulf of Thailand maintains a state of little fluctuation, no rain, visibility over 10km. Light wind, low waves fluctuating from 0.5-1.5m.
In the North of the East Sea, there are localized showers and thunderstorms, south wind level 4-5, waves 2.0-3.0m high. Meanwhile, the remaining areas including the central and southern areas of the East Sea (including Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos) have little rain, good visibility, wind generally below level 4, waves from 0.5-2.5m high.
People and tourists who plan to operate at sea need to regularly update weather forecast information, comply with recommendations from functional agencies and limit going out to sea when sea conditions are bad to ensure safety.
