Around the World | Japan in the path of a tropical storm, accompanied by heavy rains and strong winds

Arab Weather - Weather experts at the Arab Weather Center said that the latest outputs from remote sensing systems show the development of a tropical cyclone over the waters of the western Pacific Ocean, and it is currently classified as a first-degree cyclone, meaning it is accompanied by winds at a speed of "121" km/h and large amounts of heavy cumulonimbus clouds circling around its center, laden with heavy rains due to its acquisition of tropical characteristics and its saturation with huge amounts of tropical water vapor.

The typhoon will travel more than 1,600 kilometers to reach Japan by the middle of the week.

Experts at the Arab Weather Center said that the latest outputs from global computer models show that the tropical cyclone will move towards Japan in the coming days, covering a distance of more than 1,600 km to reach Japan in the middle of the week. The cyclone feeds on the warm surface temperature of the Pacific Ocean, which reaches 31 degrees Celsius, which is a fertile environment for the development of cyclones. The cyclone is expected to cross Japan with its heavy rains, strong winds and raging waves in the middle of the week, threatening the risks of floods, torrents and landslides during its passage before continuing its path into the waters of the Sea of Japan.

Arab Weather experts raise several question marks about the classification of the tropical system and its developments in the coming days, as it is not possible to give a definitive forecast of the intensity, because tropical systems are very complex weather conditions and are very moody in their development and decline. It is possible that the tropical system will develop again according to what is happening on the ground, and computer simulations may suffer from confusion due to the specificity of this type of system, so it is necessary to follow the developments that are issued during the day and the coming days as soon as possible.

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Tropical cyclone in Pacific named Shanshan

The tropical cyclone that will hit Japan has been named Shanshan by the meteorological authorities in the region. Typhoons in the Pacific are named according to a precise and organized system managed by several meteorological agencies, and the naming method varies between different basins within the ocean. In the northwest Pacific, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Tropical Cyclone Committee oversees the naming of typhoons. Lists of names prepared in advance by member countries in the region are used, including Japan, the Philippines, China, and South Korea, among others. Each country submits several names to be included in the lists, and they are used sequentially, with no reuse of a name for several years.

In the eastern and northeastern Pacific Ocean, the naming process is managed by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Specific lists of names are used that change periodically, and these lists are rotated every six years.

When a particular hurricane reaches destructive strength, its name is usually permanently removed from the list as a mark of respect for the victims of the hurricane and to avoid repetition.

God knows best.