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The storm is expected to brush past the coast of southern Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau over the next 24 hours, bringing storm surge, strong winds and heavy rainfall, and up to 300mm of rain could fall in the region, causing flash flooding and landslides.

Typhoon Haikui is also intensifying as it limbers towards Taiwan, where it is expected to strike this weekend, where the storm is expected to drop huge amounts of rain over the island and on to eastern China, where rain totals could accumulate to over 500mm.

The storm is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 or 2 typhoon.

Ex-hurricane Idalia is now an extratropical cyclone and is approaching Bermuda, where it is expected to regenerate into a tropical storm, and watches are now in effect for the island.

The storm is expected to once again turn post-tropical by Tuesday.

In the West Pacific, Tropical Storm Kirogi is struggling, while a hemisphere away tiny Tropical Storm Jose is expected to remain short lived under the shadow of Hurricane Franklin, which itself is on its way out.

Further systems are expected to develop in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, with trouble brewing in the Western Pacific again next week.

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Franklin is expected to intensify after it leaves the Dominican Republic and passes the Turks and Caicos islands, where sea surface temperatures will improve. The storm may stall for a while and then move northwards and is expected to peak as a moderate hurricane.

Emily turned post-tropical earlier today, but there are signs that it could regenerate as it recurves northwards later this week.

Tropical Storm Gert was named yesterday and only lasted for a short time before weakening, and is not expected to linger for much longer. Another area of interest is located near Cape Verde and has a moderate chance of development as it moves westwards.

Hilary’s remnants persist over the western United States in the Eastern Pacific. Three areas of interest have low opportunities for development in the deep tropics, with the eastern system likely to cause large rainfall amounts over Costa Rica and Nicaragua regardless of development.

In the Western Pacific, an area of interest has a low chance of development and is expected to remain broad. The system will eventually head toward eastern Japan next week.

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Hurricane Fernanda

Hurricane Fernanda formed on Saturday Afternoon and rapidly intensified on Sunday becoming a major hurricane Sunday afternoon with winds currently 125 mph and a pressure of 959 millibars. Fernanda may intensify further into a category 4 hurricane in the next day or so before it begins to weaken as it moves to the West and then northwest. Fernanda should weaken to a tropical storm by late Wednesday and die by the end of the working week. Fernanda follows in the footsteps of Hurricane Dora which strolled across the Eastern and Central Pacific as a strong major hurricane last week, however it is exceedingly unlikely Fernanda treks into the Central Pacific.

Tropical Storm Greg

As for tropical storm Greg, Greg formed on Sunday evening and had sustained winds up to 40 mph. As for the forecast, the forecast should keep Greg as a tropical storm as it moves south of Hawaii and dissipate in the Central Pacific by Friday. In an ironic twist, Greg formed from 99E, named such as the storm formed only .2 degrees East from the Central Pacific cut-off line of 140 degrees West, leaving the name Hone to fall to another system at a later date. By recency, Greg looks to follow the approximate path of Hurricane Dora, skirting the cooled waters left in Dora’s wake.

To the East, there is an Invest that is expected to form in the East Pacific by the end of the week, and the NHC currently gives the system a 90% chance of doing so by Friday and a 50% chance of it doing so by Wednesday.

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Typhoon Lan strengthened rapidly in the last 24 hours, and could seriously affect the Ogasawara island chain with winds of over 100 miles per hour and heavy rainfall, which could reach 500mm. Rainfall from both of these storms are likely to cause widspread areas of 300mm accumulations. Lan could continue towards the mainland of Japan, including the Tokyo region, and could make landfall there as a significant typhoon.

Hurricane Dora continues to roll on through the Central Pacific, and is now located well to the south of Hawaii. Its winds are still at high end Category 3 range, and only slow weakening is expected. The storm is expected to pass south of Johnstone Atoll, and could strike Wake Island as a weak tropical storm.

Several areas of interest are also active, with three low chance AOIs in the next seven days. At least one of these systems is more likely to form later on in the forecast period.

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Elsewhere, Hurricane Dora remains rampant, but thankfully far away from any land areas. The storm is a Category 4 with winds near 130 miles per hour sustained, and a pressure in the low 940s. The tiny storm has a formidable structure with annular characteristics, a thick eyewall, and a deep eye, and its visual appearance is outstanding. The storm is expected to pass well south of Hawaii and shouldn’t be a threat to any other areas.

To the east of Khanun, another typhoon is expected to develop this week, and could seriously affect the Ogasawara islands in the middle of the week. The storm could rapidly intensify and then stall near these islands, delivering up to 28 inches (700mm) of rainfall, and could then move towards Japan and make landfall somewhere near Tokyo.

Tropical Storm Eugene neared hurricane status earlier today, but is now expected to rapidly weaken as it starts to pull away from Baja California Sur. The storm is expected to be no more by the 48-hour mark.

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the Pacific, Hurricane Dora may also be struggling, with its eye fading from view at the present time. The tiny storm peaked as a Category 4 yesterday and is now down to high end Category 2 status, with winds near 110mph. The storm is expected to gradually weaken and keep moving almost due west, passing well south of Hawaii and then running up against a brick wall as it nears the International Date Line next week. Behind Dora, another tropical storm is expected fairly soon and is likely to pass safely south of Baja California Sur, although residents there should remain vigilant.

Two tropical cyclones are possible in the next week in the Western Pacific aside from Khanun, with a storm likely to develop to its east near the Ogasawara islands, and could pose a threat to eastern Japan and the Tokyo region. Another system could form to the west of Guam.

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