that is in tokyo, according to meteorologist robert speta. robert? >>> we are seeing sunny skies over much of japan, but we have this low-pressure area bringing heavy rain showers to the korean peninsula here, and now it's pushing off towards the east. first it will start to impact western japan and eventually into tokyo by about tuesday in your noon hours. with that, some heavy showers going to be seen here. thunderstorm activity, hail could even be seen with some of these. but then you mention the fact there could be a tornado here in some of these stronger storm systems so, definitely a very severe system. also these heavy rains, about 50 millimeters per hour, could be seeing about 100 to 120 millimeters throughout the duration of your tuesday. but good news into the afternoon hours, as this continues to push east, western japan, first you'll see sunny skies, then east in tokyo, and even off towards the north, rain throughout your day on tuesday in hokkaido, but you could see some snow showers on wednesday into the higher elevations, so you defini

meteorologist robert speta joins us with that. >> we are continuing to watch our storm here. this is tropical storm son-tinh moving off towards the west, bringing some very heavy rain showers. already in northern mindanao, you've seen reports of up to 70 millimeters in the past 24 hours. and upwards of 200 millimeters expect there had in the next 72 hours. even in southern mindanao, you've seen some families been displaced due to flash floodings here. as the storm continues to track across the region, southern luzon seeing that heavy rainfall and in manila, you could be expecting urban flooding. especially some landslides could be expected through the next 72 hours as the storm continues to track off towards the northwest. once it re-emerges into the south china sea it could intensify to a severe tropical storm before moving off towards vietnam. definitely still want to watch it there as it could bring some heavy rainfall and gusty winds for you in the coming days. so still have plenty of time to watch that. now, across the rest of asia, chain yeah, korea, fair weather is in

meteorologist robert speta is here with the details. robert? >> well, yes. we are continuing to watch our tropical storm son-tinh moving off toward the west. it is bringing heavy rainfall and causing a slew of problems across the philippines. actually one report on a death now, and now up to nine people are missing all the way from luzon. in lieuson, a report of up to 209 milliliters of rain in the past 24 hours. and on fop of that, all this rain and rough seas are creating hazardous conditions as far as travel. 16,000 people have been reported stranded across this area due to airports being closed, especially in sabu here. that airport was completely shut down as the storm moved overhead. now it's pushing off to the west. you can see the rain totals adding up into vietnam over the weekend. look at this track. on friday into saturday it starts to push up just north of da nang here, and that's where you'll be seeing a potential impact of the storm. you definitely want to be watching this through the weekend. it's not never yet. it could intensify to a severe

meteorologist robert speta is here with the details. robert? >>> well, yes, we are still watching sandy here, and it's continuing to cruise off here towards the north. much of the caribbean, you did get impacted on your thursday, now going through friday. conditions are improving, still some showers across portions of haiti, but for the most part the storm is rushing off towards the north. now the east coast of the united states, you're going to be on tap for some heavy rainfall. already you're seeing some very rough surf along the east coast of florida, even off there towards the coast of the carolinas. tropical storm watches and warnings are actually being posted here, but where the main threat's going to be is going into the early part of next week. take a look at this. as the storm continues to pull off here towards the north, it's going to be making a sharp turn towards the northwest, and that's where it's going to be impacting, washington, d.c., even off towards new york city, you could even be seeing hurricane strength winds. flooding fr

meteorologist robert speta is here with the details. robert? >>> well, yes, we are still watching sandy here, and it's continuing to cruise off here towards the north. much of the caribbean, you did get impacted on your thursday, now going through friday. conditions are improving, still some showers across portions of haiti, but for the most part the storm is rushing off there towards the north. now the east coast of the united states, you're going to be on tap for some heavy rainfall. already you're seeing some very rough surf along the east coast of florida, even off there towards the carolinas. tropical storm watches and warnings are actually being posted here, but where the main threat's going to be is going into the early part of next week. take a look at this. as the storm continues to pull off here towards the north, it's going to be making a sharp turn towards the northwest, and that's where it's going to be impacting, around washington, d.c., even off towards new york city, you could even be seeing hurricane-strength winds. flooding fr

. >>> and here our "newsline" meteorologist robert speta is raring to go with this hour's weather update. robert, it's all yours. >>> this is typhoon prapiroon to start off here just towards the east of the philippines, towards the south of okinawa, still spinning here and still really intensifying or maintaining this strong typhoon intensity. winds currently at 234 kilometers per hour, gusting up to pressure maintaining at 948 hpa. but really the big thing with the storm system is the track. it's moving very slowly at this time. you can kind of see it making that s shape off there towards the north. so with that said, it still could remain just to the south of okinawa for the early and mid part of next week. across this region, okinawa u you could be impacted by the storm going into thursday. with that said, it's a very slow-moving system. we'll still be watching this throughout next week as that track could continue to waver, but at least for the time being rough seas are definitely going to be seen across all the southern japanese islands, even over towards northeastern luzon as well.

meteorologist robert speta has the latest in weather. robert? >>> well, yes.uch fairer weather will be on tap throughout wednesday across much of japan. actually, take a look in western japan. already seeing some much clearer skies indicated by the satellite imagery. then going off towards the east, this front continuing to push off there heading into tokyo. drier day on wednesday. even into saturday, some much sunnier skies will be seen here. very fair weather is going to be expected across much of the region. hokkaido, on the other hand, still might see some rain showers, even snow in some of the higher l vagss on your wednesday, will start to taper off as that low continues to drift off towards the northeast. high pressure across much of eastern china, but really the big top nick the tropics is our tropical depression now, very well could become a tropical storm storm suntin if it does develop here, that's what the name will be. a main threat with this one at the time, though, as it slowly moves off there towards the west. it's going to be the heavy rainfal

here with an update is robert speta. >> this is typhoon prapiroon. just towards the east in the philippines but still intensi intensifying. the last several frames, look at that well-defined eye near the center of circulation. what that's indicating is a much stronger storm, winds gusting upwards of 234 kilometers per hour, that pressure continuing to drop down to 940 hpa. with that said, it's expected to intensify and track off towards the north. really at this time the track is remaining erratic as it approaches the southern japanese islands. it very well could bring gusty winds. on friday, expecting upwards of 108 kilometer-per-hour winds there in okinawa. some high waves, up to about 5 meters high, at the coastlines here. definitely very dangerous surf and rip currents are going to be expected out of this storm system. but okinawa, you do not need another typhoon. since mid-august, you've had three strong typhoons move over the main island of okinawa here. you've had your fair share. hopefully it starts to turn off toward the northeast. some of t

meteorologist robert speta has more in his world weather forecast. >>> yes, things are chilling down across much of japan. it's due to a high pressure overhead here. you can see all these clear skies. that's allowing things to cool up through the overnight hours. isle start off by showing you video out of northern japan. this is in toe shiga prefecture, about 1,400 meters above sea level, but the first hard freeze of 2012 was recorded here. this is ten days later than last year and the third late nest a decade. ice three millimeters thick formed over a bucket of water when the mercury plummeted to minus 4 degrees. you see some tourists enjoying the frost on local farms. absolutely beautiful there, but very cold and definitely marking the end of the growing season out across much of that area indeed here. it does look like things are going to continue to remain chilly across much of japan. very autumn-like here. even on wednesday, you might see some light rain showers into tokyo, and thursday into friday, see this low-pressure area over korea right now, that is going to be pushing ove

>>> and here with an update on the typhoon to the east of the philippines and world weather is robert speta. >> well, we are continuing to watch typhoon prapiroon moving off here towards the west-northwest. it has been moving very slowly. actually, right now it has slowed down from 10 kilometers per hour to a very slow lead in the westerly direction. what this is doing is it's expected to continue to intensify as it moves over warm sea surface temperatures, so definitely expected to become a very strong typhoon in the next 24 to 48 hours. but really, the track has been remaining erratic. across the southern japanese islands, you'll want to watch this closely definitely going into the weekend and early parts of next week. there in okinawa, you actually have already seen three typhoons move over the main island there. you definitely do not need a fourth one at all, but still want to watch this very closely. at the very least, some of these waves pushing onshore could be upwards about four meters high. definitely going to be creating some very rough and dangerous surf conditions across this ar