notice some of the heavier bands moving through kyushu into the schick cocoa regions. all of this is moving toward the east. friday is a wet day. we are expecting for these systems to all move toward the east and lifting toward the north as well. by the time we head to the weekend, except for hokkaido, you may be dealing with sunnier weather. here is a look at the forecast here. sapporo, rain through at leaster think thursday. as we head late friday for the western areas and into saturday in tokyo and eastern area, we'll see dry weather, pleasant conditions, slightly above 20 degrees as we go through saturday and sunday. to the south we have a die foon. saudel is expected to weaken. the first target is likely going to impact the island of hainan as it moves to the west. still bringing a lot of rain to the central portions of vietnam. you don't need any more rain. likely this weekend into the first part of next week it will be quite wet. we have a frontal boundary moving through into the area. another low is crossing over into the upper plains. that's bringing winter st