The latest storm news from Taiwan's weather agency CWA said that the tropical depression east of the Philippines strengthened into storm Yinxing on the night of November 3.
The latest storm is about 2,000 km from Taiwan (China). Typhoon Yinxing is moving northwest at 29 km/h, with maximum winds near the center of the storm of 64 km/h, gusting to 90 km/h.
The latest storm following Super Typhoon Kong-rey is in an optimal environment to strengthen, said CWA weather forecaster Liu Yu-chih.
As for the path of Typhoon Yinxing, he predicted that the storm would move northeast of the Philippine island of Luzon until November 6. The CWA forecaster stressed that November 6 will be a critical day for Typhoon Yinxing because that is when the storm could change course. Current forecasts see Typhoon Yinxing likely weakening and causing impacts around the Ryukyu Islands - a chain of islands in the western Pacific Ocean near the eastern edge of the East China Sea.
However, some typhoon forecast models say that Yinxing will most likely turn west and pass north of the Philippines. Other models say that the storm will likely move to the east of Taiwan and head north from there, Liu pointed out.
According to this expert, further observation is needed to determine whether Typhoon Yinxing will affect Taiwan (China). As Typhoon Yinxing approaches, it may cause large waves to reach the northern coast of Keelung, the eastern half of Taiwan (China) on November 6. Forecasts show that windward areas in the north and northeast of Taiwan (China) may experience heavy rain on November 8 or 9.
Hong Kong's Dimsumdaily (China) website cited information from the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and many other artificial intelligence weather forecast models saying that storm Yinxing could enter the central area of the northern East Sea this week.
The bulletin stated that the latest storm Yinxing is expected to enter the 800 km warning zone of Hong Kong (China) at 2:00 a.m. on November 9. When Yinxing approaches Hong Kong (China), the storm will be at typhoon level. The Hong Kong Observatory (China) warned that the path and further developments of the potential storm No. 7 in the East Sea are still uncertain.
The latest forecast from the Japan Meteorological Agency for Typhoon Yinxing's path shows that the storm will enter the East Sea. It is expected that around November 8-9, Typhoon Yinxing will begin to enter the East Sea at typhoon level. On November 9, when the storm is expected to be in the northern part of the East Sea, the maximum sustained wind near the center of the storm is expected to be 126 km/h, with maximum gusts of 180 km/h. The radius of the storm warning area can be up to 430 km.
Yinxing is the 22nd storm in the western Pacific Ocean during the 2024 typhoon season. The name Yinxing replaces the name Yutu in 2018. The word Yinxing is the Chinese word for ginkgo tree.
