After dousing South Korea, storms bombard Japan with heavy rain, strong winds
By
Maura Kelly, AccuWeather meteorologist
Published Apr 16, 2020 4:58 PM EDT
Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, was relatively quiet on April 16 as the sun rose over the city, which is in lockdown due to COVID-19.
Flooding rain and gusty winds will threaten parts of Japan into this weekend as storms continue to eye the country.
A storm that brought periods of rain to parts of eastern China through Thursday raced across at the Korean Peninsula to end the week.
Residents in western areas of the peninsula, including Seoul, woke up to rain Friday morning after the storm moved into the area late Thursday night. Occasional rain showers will continue to spread east throughout Friday as the storm tracks over the region.
As of Friday evening, local time, 5-10 mm (0.20-0.40 of an inch) of rain has fall across much of South Korea. Yuso and Sogwipo have the highest rainfall totals so far with 34 and 32 mm (1.34 and 1.26 inches), respectively.
Rain arrived across southern Japan late in the day on Friday.
By Friday night, the storm moved over the Sea of Japan, and rain spread from Kyushu, Chugoku and Shikoku into Kansai, Chubu and Kanto.
Largely dry conditions will return to the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, at the same time rain begins to reach Japan's Tohoku region.
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The storm's track will keep most of the wet weather south of Hokkaido.
As the system moves away, rain will begin to end gradually from west to east late in the day on Saturday through Saturday night.
Widespread rainfall totals of 6-25 mm (0.25-1.00 inch) are expected across the region.
The track of the storm will bring the heaviest rainfall to Chubu, Kanto and eastern Tohoku where rainfall totals can reach 25-75 mm (1-3 inches) through the beginning of the weekend.
"An AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 200 mm (8 inches) can be expected in the highest elevations," stated AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Houk.
Cities across this area, including Tokyo and Sendai, will be at risk for flash flooding, especially in low-lying and poor drainage areas, Houk added.
Heavy rainfall will also increase the risk of landslides in the rugged terrain.
"Additionally, winds will gust to 45-55 mph (72-88 kph), mainly along the east coast of Honshu, with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 60 mph (97 kph) possible," said Houk.
Strong winds coupled with soggy soil can more easily knock over trees and power lines.
Rainy conditions will help to keep people indoors as the country continues to battle the spread of the coronavirus. Officials issued a nationwide state on emergency on Thursday.
As the storm continues to move away into Sunday, rain will gradually end over northeastern Tohoku. At the same time, the next storm will already be approaching from the west, bringing rain to southern Japan by Sunday night.
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After dousing South Korea, storms bombard Japan with heavy rain, strong winds
By Maura Kelly, AccuWeather meteorologist
Published Apr 16, 2020 4:58 PM EDT
Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, was relatively quiet on April 16 as the sun rose over the city, which is in lockdown due to COVID-19.
Flooding rain and gusty winds will threaten parts of Japan into this weekend as storms continue to eye the country.
A storm that brought periods of rain to parts of eastern China through Thursday raced across at the Korean Peninsula to end the week.
Residents in western areas of the peninsula, including Seoul, woke up to rain Friday morning after the storm moved into the area late Thursday night. Occasional rain showers will continue to spread east throughout Friday as the storm tracks over the region.
As of Friday evening, local time, 5-10 mm (0.20-0.40 of an inch) of rain has fall across much of South Korea. Yuso and Sogwipo have the highest rainfall totals so far with 34 and 32 mm (1.34 and 1.26 inches), respectively.
Rain arrived across southern Japan late in the day on Friday.
By Friday night, the storm moved over the Sea of Japan, and rain spread from Kyushu, Chugoku and Shikoku into Kansai, Chubu and Kanto.
Largely dry conditions will return to the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, at the same time rain begins to reach Japan's Tohoku region.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE ACCUWEATHER APP
The storm's track will keep most of the wet weather south of Hokkaido.
As the system moves away, rain will begin to end gradually from west to east late in the day on Saturday through Saturday night.
Widespread rainfall totals of 6-25 mm (0.25-1.00 inch) are expected across the region.
The track of the storm will bring the heaviest rainfall to Chubu, Kanto and eastern Tohoku where rainfall totals can reach 25-75 mm (1-3 inches) through the beginning of the weekend.
"An AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 200 mm (8 inches) can be expected in the highest elevations," stated AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Houk.
Cities across this area, including Tokyo and Sendai, will be at risk for flash flooding, especially in low-lying and poor drainage areas, Houk added.
Heavy rainfall will also increase the risk of landslides in the rugged terrain.
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"Additionally, winds will gust to 45-55 mph (72-88 kph), mainly along the east coast of Honshu, with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 60 mph (97 kph) possible," said Houk.
Strong winds coupled with soggy soil can more easily knock over trees and power lines.
Rainy conditions will help to keep people indoors as the country continues to battle the spread of the coronavirus. Officials issued a nationwide state on emergency on Thursday.
As the storm continues to move away into Sunday, rain will gradually end over northeastern Tohoku. At the same time, the next storm will already be approaching from the west, bringing rain to southern Japan by Sunday night.
Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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