News of storm near the East Sea: Melor storm

At 08:00 on December 14, the location of the center of the storm Melor was about 12.6 degrees north latitude; 125.6 degrees east longitude, on the central waters of the Philippines. The strongest wind in the area near the center of the storm is level 15 (ie between 165 and 185km per hour), jerking above level 17.

Forecast for 24 hours I , storms move mainly in the West, each hour is about 15-20km. By 07:00 on December 15, the location of the center of the storm was about 12.9 degrees North latitude; 121.8 degrees Kinh Dong, in the Central Philippines region. The strongest winds in the area near the storm center are strong at level 13 (ie from 135 to 150 km per hour), level 15-16.

Location and path of Hurricane Melor.(Photo: NCHMF).

In the next 24 to 48 hours , the storm continues to move in the West, about 10-15km every hour. By 07:00 on December 16, the location of the center of the storm was about 12.9 degrees North latitude; 119.6 Kinh Dong, about 600km from Song Tu Tay Island (belonging to Truong Sa archipelago) to the East Northeast. The strongest winds in the area near the storm center are strong at level 10 (ie from 90 to 100km per hour), level 12-13.

Due to the influence of storm circulation in combination with the strong northeast wind zone, from the evening of December 15, the eastern sea area between the East Sea has strong winds of level 6-8, the area near the center of the storm passes through level 9- 10, shock level 11-12. The sea is very strong.

In the next 48 to 72 hours , the storm has the ability to change direction in the southwest direction, about 10km each hour.