Tropical Storm Ewiniar formed near the coast of South China late on Tuesday.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Monday the center of Tropical Storm Ewiniar was located at latitude 20.9\u00b0N and longitude 110.5\u00b0E which put it about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Zhanjiang, China.\u00a0 Ewiniar was moving toward the northwest at 6 m.p.h. (10 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 40 m.p.h. (65 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 50 m.p.h. (80 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 1000 mb.<\/p>\n
A distinct low level center of circulation consolidated in a cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving over the South China Sea near Hainan Island on Monday and the Japan Meteorological Agency designated the system as Tropical Storm Ewiniar.\u00a0 Several bands of showers and thunderstorms developed west of the center of circulation.\u00a0 Bands east of the center consisted primarily of showers and low clouds.\u00a0 Winds to tropical storm force were occurring within 60 miles (95 km) of the center o circulation.<\/p>\n
Tropical Storm Ewiniar has 12 to 24 hours during which it could intensify if the center remains over water.\u00a0 The Sea Surface Temperature of the water near the coast of South China is about 30\u00b0C.\u00a0 Ewiniar is under the southwestern portion of a narrow upper level ridge.\u00a0 The ridge is producing weak southerly winds which are blowing toward the top of the circulation.\u00a0 Those winds will cause some vertical wind shear but the shear will not be strong enough to prevent intensification.\u00a0 Even though the atmospheric and oceanic environments are favorable for intensification, a portion of the circulation of Tropical Storm Ewiniar is already over land.\u00a0 The friction caused by the flow of air over the land will inhibit intensification.\u00a0 Tropical Storm Ewiniar could intensify a little more if the center remains over water.<\/p>\n
The upper level ridge was steering Tropical Storm Ewiniar toward the northwest.\u00a0 A general motion toward the north is expected for the next 24 to 48 hours.\u00a0 On its anticipated track the center of Tropical Storm Ewiniar will move near the east coast of the Leizhou Peninsula.\u00a0 Ewiniar could move inland near Wuchuan and Dianbai.\u00a0 Tropical Storm Ewiniar will bring some gust winds to South China, but the greater risks are the potential for heavy rain and floods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tropical Storm Ewiniar formed near the coast of South China late on Tuesday.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Monday the center of Tropical Storm Ewiniar was located at latitude 20.9\u00b0N and longitude 110.5\u00b0E which put it about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Zhanjiang, China.\u00a0 Ewiniar was moving toward the northwest at 6 m.p.h. (10 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[434,43,1025,468,127,851,71,1024,435],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5968,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5967\/revisions\/5968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}