A low-pressure area has appeared in the northern South China Sea.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, a low-pressure area formed over the northern South China Sea on the morning of July 21st.

Location of the low-pressure area that appeared in the northern South China Sea on the morning of July 21st - Source: National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting

At 7:00 AM on July 21st, the center of the low-pressure area was located at approximately 17-18 degrees North latitude and 114.5-115.5 degrees East longitude, about 340km east-northeast of the Hoang Sa archipelago.

The forecast for the next 24 hours indicates that the low-pressure system will move in a north-northwest direction at a speed of 10-15 km per hour and has the potential to intensify further.

As of 7:00 AM on July 22nd, the center of the low-pressure area was located at approximately 18.3-19.3 degrees North latitude and 113-114 degrees East longitude, 510 km north-northeast of the Hoang Sa archipelago.

Due to the influence of the low-pressure system, there will be heavy rain and thunderstorms in the sea east of the Hoang Sa archipelago; heavy rain and thunderstorms in the central and southern parts of the East Sea (including the sea area of ​​the Truong Sa archipelago), and in the sea area from Ninh Thuan to Ca Mau, with strong southwest winds of level 5, sometimes level 6, gusting to levels 7-8; heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area from Ca Mau to Kien Giang and the Gulf of Thailand. Tornadoes and strong gusts of wind of levels 6-8 are possible during thunderstorms.

According to Mr. Hoang Duc Cuong, Director of the Central Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting Center, a low-pressure area is currently forming east of the Philippines, influencing the low-pressure area in the northern South China Sea.

Forecasts indicate that over the next 3 to 5 days, the low-pressure area east of the Philippines could develop into a typhoon, moving along the Philippines out into the Pacific Ocean.

Therefore, in the coming days, an interaction between storms, low pressure systems, or tropical depressions will appear in the north and offshore areas of the East Sea, but there are no signs yet of a low-pressure area approaching the Vietnamese coast.

According to TTO