The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said it is closely monitoring the tropical storm outside the country's monitoring area (PAR). The storm's international name is Shanshan.
According to PAGASA typhoon forecaster Benison Estareja, tropical storm Shanshan is estimated to be about 2,140km east of Central Luzon and is not expected to directly affect the archipelago in the coming days. This tropical storm is very far from the Philippine mainland, according to PAGASA forecasts.
At the same time, the Taiwan Meteorological Department (China) CWA said that the low pressure in the Pacific Ocean had strengthened into a tropical storm in the early morning of August 22 but would not affect Taiwan (China).
At 8:00 a.m. on August 22, storm Shanshan was located 2,290km east-southeast of Cape Ngawan at the southern tip of Taiwan (China), moving at a speed of 6km/h in the north-northwest direction.
CWA data shows that the storm has the strongest wind speed of 72km/h, gusting up to 101km/h, and is moving slowly towards Japan.
CWA forecasts cloudy to sunny weather around Taiwan (China) and the outlying islands of Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.
The agency also issued orange heat warnings for Taipei and New Taipei cities, Taitung as well as Miaoli district - which could see peak temperatures of 36 degrees for at least three consecutive days.
Thunderstorms are possible in the northern and eastern regions of Taiwan (China) in the afternoon.
The latest simulations from the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) show a high probability that Typhoon Shanshan will turn northeast to impact Japan. However, the exact location and time of landfall remains uncertain and requires further observations.
Since the beginning of August, six storms have formed in the northwest Pacific, exceeding the August average of 5.4 storms. Shanshan is the 10th storm of the 2024 storm season .
