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NWS: Tropics heating up with 5 tropical cyclones
The tropics are heating up with five tropical cyclones in the region, with the closest to the Marianas near Yap and Palau expected to become a tropical depression yesterday.
According to the U.S. National Weather Service yesterday, the Marianas would experience showery weather and breezy winds last night through the next couple of days.
NWS said the disturbance will maintain the monsoonal flow over Yap and Palau for several more days.
NWS expects that the tropics will remain active at least through the next two weeks.
NWS said Tropical Storm Ampil (northwest of Okinawa) will continue toward mainland China where it will meet its demise.
Tropical Depression 13W (north of the Philippines) will curve northeast then northwest, keeping generally east of Taiwan and well away from the Marianas. It could become a tropical storm in the coming days.
NWS said newly-upgraded Tropical Depression 14W (northwest of Wake Island) will remain weak as it heads north.
Near Vietnam is Tropical Depression Son-Tinh (11W), which will remain near southern China and well west of the Philippines, according to NWS.
