29-October-2019
- The low pressure air trough has strengthened to be a tropical depression.
- 01:00 A.M The tropical depression is 250km east of the Song Tu Tay Island (Spratly Islands of Vietnam) packing sustained winds of 40-60kph. The projected path in the next 24 hours is wnw.
- 07:00 A.M The tropical depression is 140km east of the Song Tu Tay Island (Spratly Islands of Vietnam) packing sustained winds of 50-60kph. The projected path in the next 24 hours is wnw. The tropical depression is to cause heavy rains in the Central Coast of Vietnam.
- 16:00 The tropical depression has strengthened to be a typhoon which is 100km north of the Song Tu Tay Island (Spratly Islands of Vietnam) packing sustained winds of 60-75kph. This is Typhoon No. 5 in Vietnam in 2019. The projected path in the next 24 hours is wnw. The typhoon is to cause heavy rains in the Central Coast of Vietnam and the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
- 19:00 Typhoon No. 5 is 500km east of the coastline of Binh Dinh - Ninh Thuan, north of the Spratly Islands carrying sustained winds of 60-75kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is wnw.
30-October-2019
- 04:00 A.M Typhoon Matmo - Typhoon No. 5 is 350km east of the coastline of Binh Dinh - Ninh Thuan carrying sustained winds of 60-75kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is wnw. There are strong winds inland from Quang Nam to Ninh Thuan, torrential rains in the Central Coast of Vietnam (from Hue to Ninh Thuan) and in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
- 07:00 A.M Typhoon Matmo - Typhoon No. 5 which has strengthened is 260km east of the coastline of Binh Dinh - Khanh Hoa carrying sustained winds of 75-90kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is wnw.
- 16:00 Typhoon Matmo - Typhoon No. 5 which has strengthened even further is 120km east from either Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh) or Tuy Hoa (Phu Yen) carrying sustained winds of 75-100kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is west.
- 20:00 Typhoon Matmo - Typhoon No. 5 is right on the coast of Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh and Phu Yen carrying sustained winds of 75-100kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is west. Torrential rains in Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen.
31-October-2019
- 04:00 A.M Typhoon Matmo - Typhoon No. 5, which has weakened to be a tropical depression, is in Gia Lai (the Central Highlands of Vietnam) carrying sustained winds of 40-50kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is west.
- 07:00 A.M The tropical depression is in Cambodia carrying sustained winds of less than 40kph. The projected path in the next 6 hours is west and it should melt away by then. This is the last update of the tropical/typhoon.
