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NORTH

Cold air remains in place over the north region as the transition from autumn to winter continues. The leading edge of the cold air mass has swept over Japan, and is moving to the east, bringing clear to partly cloudy skies across much of the region. The exceptions would be central China, where a weak disturbance is sliding through, bringing cloudy conditions, and also in eastern china, where low clouds and fog will make for a rather dreary day. Temperatures will once again range from below zero in the northernmost locales, to the low and middle teens to the south and east.

City	High/Low C		High/Low F		Conditions
Ulaanbaatar	-9	-18	16	0	Mostly fair
Vladivostok	-4	-10	25	14	Mostly fair
Beijing	8	-3	46	27	Mostly fair
Seoul	4	-4	39	25	Mostly fair
Tokyo	14	7	57	45	Mostly fair
Xi’an	11	3	52	37	Mostly cloudy
Shanghai	13	8	55	46	Fog and low clouds

 

CENTRAL

Temperatures remain comfortably mild across the central region as the latest surge from the north slide well to the south of the region. Scattered showers are possible over the high country of southern China as moisture gets pumped in from the west along the jet stream, and also over Taiwan, as the strong northeasterly flow drags moisture up the higher terrain. The remainder of the region will see plenty of sunshine and just a few scattered clouds here and there.

City	High/Low C		High/Low F		Conditions
Kunming	14	8	57	46	Scattered showers likely
Hong Kong	21	16	70	61	Mostly fair
Taipei	20	18	68	64	Scattered showers likely
Naha	22	19	72	66	Partly cloudy
Hanoi	25	15	77	59	Mostly fair

 

SOUTH

Conditions are considerably drier across Indochina today as the latest surge brings in a strong northeasterly flow across the peninsula. Portions of northwestern Philippines will see a chance of rain as the system formerly known as tropical storm TOKAGE gets torn apart by the incoming surge.  Locations to the south can also expect a good chance for scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms as the air mass remains moist and the sun continues to heat up the midday.

City	High/Low C		High/Low F		Conditions
Siem Reap	31	20	88	68	Partly cloudy
Ho Chi Minh	33	24	91	75	Partly cloudy
Manila	31	25	88	77	Scattered thunderstorms possible
Davao City	32	24	90	75	Scattered thunderstorms possible
Brunei	32	24	90	75	Partly cloudy
Singapore	30	24	86	75	Thunderstorms possible

 

TROPICS

The remnants of tropical storm TOKAGE continue to unravel northwest of the Philippines while the remainder of the region sees activity wane a bit.

J.M.A. (Japan Meteorological Agency) has downgraded tropical storm TOKAGE, also named “Marce” by the Philippines’ state weather agency PAGASA, to tropical depression status as the system encounters very hostile conditions care of a strong northerly surge coming in. V.W.S. (Vertical Wind Shear) has increased to above 25 knots over the system, and has literally sheared off the heaviest convection far to the northeast, leaving the L.L.C.C. (Low-Level Circulation Center) a bit exposed. To make matters worse for the system, the circulation is dragging in very dry air from the north, compliments of the prevailing surge moving southward into the area. Forecasts continue to show the system weakening, with the weak, remnant low being pushed to the west-southwest over the next 24 hours by the strong flow of the Siberian surge, with complete dissipation expected within the next 48 hours.

Elsewhere across the tropics, a long trough of convergence extends through much of Micronesia, which will help fire off some scattered showers and thunderstorms across most locations in the Federated States, while far to the east, drier air has moved in, and taken rain chances out of the forecast for today.

City	High/Low C		High/Low F		Conditions
Guam	31	27	88	81	Scattered thunderstorms possible
Yap	31	26	88	79	Mostly cloudy
Palau	31	27	88	81	Thunderstorms possible
Chuuk	31	27	88	81	Thunderstorms possible
Pohnpei	31	25	88	77	Thunderstorms possible
Majuro	30	27	86	81	Partly cloudy
Wake	29	26	84	79	Partly cloudy

 

Have a marvelous Monday!

Courtesy: CIMSS, Tropical Tidbits, JMA, JTWC, Intellicast, WUnderground.com, N.R.L., RAMMB-NOAA

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