The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) forecasts that during the week of August 26 to September 1, 2024, typhoon Shanshan, after leaving the Philippine Forecast Area (PAR), will continue to move northeast towards southern Japan, forecast to make landfall on August 28.
The latest storm news from PAGASA also said that a low pressure area may form in the East Sea on August 29, leaving the Philippine forecast area on August 31.
Another low pressure area is expected to form east of the Philippines on August 29. The low pressure area near the South China Sea is forecast to enter the Philippine forecast area on August 30 and then dissipate early next week.
During the week of September 2-8, 2024, PAGASA forecasts a low pressure area likely to form north of the PAGASA Forecast Area (PMD). This low pressure is unlikely to strengthen into a storm.
Meanwhile, in the Atlantic basin, AccuWether meteorologists are forecasting a "speed up in September" with 6-10 storms likely to appear - the same rate as the 2020 hurricane season with 10 in September.
I think the hurricane season will accelerate rapidly as a major change in weather is about to come as dry air disappears, said Alex DaSilva, a hurricane expert at AccuWeather.
Da silva warned that hurricane activity will increase significantly from late August and last until September, with the possibility of many tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic basin on the same day.
While the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season will be on September 10, AccuWeather forecasts a busier hurricane season through October and is expected to see at least one to three more storms in November as warm waters could produce many tropical storms and hurricanes.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.
AccuWeather has predicted a turbulent and explosive hurricane season in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, with 20 to 25 named storms across the Atlantic basin this season.
On August 27, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said it was monitoring a low pressure area that could form in the central Atlantic in the next few days.
Environmental conditions generally seem favorable for the low pressure's slow development this weekend and early in the week after moving west to west-northwest at a speed of 16-24 km/h.
If it strengthens into a tropical storm, it will be named Francine.
