Storm No. 6 Nongfa is moving rapidly. Therefore, although it has only strengthened from the tropical depression this morning, August 30, the time of the storm's landfall is approaching. Mr. Nguyen Van Huong - Head of Weather Forecast Department, National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has issued notable warnings about this storm.
Sir, can you tell us when the storm will make landfall and where it will make landfall?
- Early this afternoon, August 30, the center of storm No. 6 was in the coastal area of Ha Tinh - Quang Tri. The strongest wind near the storm center is level 8 (62-74km/h), gusting to level 10-11. The storm is moving west at a speed of 20-25km/h.
It is forecasted that this evening, August 30, the storm center will move inland from southern Ha Tinh to northern Quang Tri with strong storm winds of level 6 - 7, near the storm center strong winds of level 8.
The coastal mainland area from Thanh Hoa to Hue will have strong winds of level 6, then strong winds of level 7, level 8, gusting to level 9 - level 10.
Which area is forecast to be most affected by this storm, sir?
- There are 2 impacts to note: strong winds and heavy rain.
Regarding strong winds, the area from southern Ha Tinh to northern Quang Tri is the area with the strongest wind due to the circulation of storm No. 6 with the intensity of storm level 6 - level 7, the area near the storm center level 8.
We note that the storm wind may not be too strong, but the gusts of wind in the storm can increase to level 9 - level 10, or even stronger. The gust of wind may be different from the storm wind of level 3 - 4. Therefore, ships operating in coastal areas should pay close attention to strong gusts of wind.
As for heavy rain, the provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri will be the focus of rain. The total rainfall for the whole period is from 200 - 400mm, in some places over 600mm. From now until the end of August 31, the Thanh Hoa area to the north of Quang Tri will continue to have heavy rain with common rainfall of 150 - 250mm, some places over 350mm.
After that, the rain will spread to the midlands and the Northern Delta from the evening and tonight, August 30 to August 31, with a total rainfall of 50 - 120mm, some places over 200mm.
As you warned, special attention should be paid to the gusts of wind, so when is the forecast for storm No. 6 to cause the strongest winds on land, sir?
- Forecast of the storm making landfall around this evening. Therefore, the time of strongest wind is also around this time, around 15 - 19 hours today, August 30.
Sincerely thank you!
Current status of storm No. 6 Due to the impact of storm No. 6, in the Bach Long Vi special area (Hai Phong), there were strong winds of level 7, gusting to level 9; Co To station (Quang Ninh) had strong winds of level 7, gusting to level 8; Hon Ngu station (Nghe An) had strong winds of level 6, gusting to level 9, waves 2.5m high; Con Co station (Quang Tri) had strong winds of level 6, gusting to level 8; Do Luong station (Nghe An) had strong winds of level 10; Hoanh Son station (Ha Tinh) had strong winds of level 6, gusting to level 7; Nga Son station (Thanh Hoa), Quynh Luu and Vinh stations (Nghe An), Ky Anh station (Ha Tinh) had strong winds of level 7;...
In the provinces from Nghe An to Da Nang, there was heavy rain, some places had very heavy rain over 200mm.
