now naha sun nir weather for the next couple of day. skipping the raining season and the season rain band is affecting the south of china as well and we have report of 260 millimeters of rain and more rain is expected into the next couple of days and some of the rain is moving into central japan and tokyo. now, down to the south we have been watching a typhoon and it's impacting the islands and right now qualm is experiencing systems. the center will likely intense and likely get very -- get a very strong system status within the next several hours and then move up to the north to the islands and they could be impacted by next tuesday. now the system will likely cause a strong wind gust that's going to have fallen trees and heavy rainfall of about 200 meters in the south of the islands. the sea levels could rise by about two meters on top of the seven meters expected so coastal flooding is going to be a high concern and flooding is expected into friday evening across the islands. now, let's go to europe. many things have been happening

you could be wearing short sleeves in naha 27 for you. we do expect some showers to work back into the forecast by thursday. main culprit for that is a new low developing out here to the west out of southeastern china. it has brought reports of 100 millimeters of total rainfall. that will continue to develop and even work its way there to the east. down to the south in the tropics, afternoon thunderstorms flaring up for those of you in the philippines. but the big topic is this our tropical storm, the sixth storm of the season just at the start of may here. this is storm noel and it is working to the west impacting the state of yap at this time. but it is going to potentially impact the philippines by the weekend. a lot of time to watch this. it could waver in his direction and miss you there and pull off to the north or move on to luzon. will keep you updated on that. in the americas thunderstorms flaring up in the central plains today. unsettled weather. on wednesday this isn't going anywhere fast. in the east you need the rainfall. we

is calling for more rain showers and thunderstorms over the course of the next several days even in naha cloudy skies but the showers kicking back in by saturday. do want to mention where you need the rain is in the western u.s. exceptional drought continuing to take place out here. this isn't going to be helping out considerably but it's welcomed. we have a low. it's bringing some showers and going to be scattered across the region. snowfall possibly in the higher elevations in california. now over to the central u.s. separately we have severe weather in the forecast across the central plains. several reports of large hail has been reported out here. we could be seeing that with this low especially in the texas region in the gulf states with that rainfall and the moisture coming in from the south is causing a threat of flooding and it is bringing rough weather to the west with dry thunderstorms and scattered showers in the albuquerque region. impressive imagery of the slieng strikes out there. something to watch out for with the same low. separately off to the north, temperatures coolin

tokyo will see a cool down on sunday with rainy weather and rainy weather will continue in naha into early next week. seasonal rain lying over the southern parts of japan and taiwan as well as the southern end of china. the system has shift ad little bit towards the south compared to what we saw on thursday. heaviest rain will likely fall in and around hong kong as well as south of taiwan. some areas will see an additional 200 millimeters in the next three days or so. we've heard numerous reports of flooding and land slides from southern china so more heavy rain is definitely not welcomed. let's go down the southern hemisphere. heavy rain is falling over the east coast of new south wales and rough seas are occurring due to this low pressure system over the water that's sending ample moisture to this area. the system will pull away. so as we go into saturday conditions will improve. we may see showers in sidney on saturday but mostly dry and drier conditions afterwards starting sunday going inneil diamond. temperatures will be seasonable in canberra into monday. however morning low ko

we are looking at guangzhou, taipei will still look at ongoing rainfall throughout your weekend and naha, a little bit of a break here friday and saturday but another round of rain here. as for japan, we are actually looking at the high pressure system covering much of the korean peninsula and western japan as well as northern locations. the low pressure system south of the pacific side will bring some showers, a great cooldown in the temperatures, the humidity levels are about 70% here across tokyo. actually feeling muggy and uncomfortable this morning. as for the korean peninsula, seoul, reaching up to 30s again, these consecutive heat could cause heatstroke. now, down toward the south, keeping its 30s and really hot in the tropics. out here across americas, still widely spread, looking at some thunderstorms and showers, actually looking at another spiral of clouds out here in the waters. these open waters are making it for tropical storm storm development. going to be some swells across the western seaboards and the coastal areas with some high surf conditions, so, do watch out for th

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