18-October-2023
In the late morning of 18-October-2023 the tropical depression in the East-Vietnam Sea has strengthened to be Typhoon No. 5 in Vietnam in 2023, internationally coded Sanba.
11:00 A.M Typhoon No. 05 is 270km west northwest of the Hoang Sa Archipelago (Paracel Islands, Vietnam) and 150km east of the coastline of Quang Tri-Quang Ngai packing sustained winds of 62-74kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is north northwest covering 10kph.
13:00 A.M Typhoon No. 05 is in the sea area south of the Hainan Island (China) and 200km east northeast of the coastline of Quang Tri-Quang Ngai packing sustained winds of 62-74kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is north northwest covering 10kph.
19-October-2023
01:00 A.M Typhoon Sanba is in the sea area to the southwest of the Hainan Island (China) carrying sustained winds of 62-74kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is north northwest covering 10kph.
07:00 A.M Typhoon Sanba is in the sea area to the southeast of the Tonkin Gulf carrying sustained winds of 62-74kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is north northwest covering 10kph.
13:00 A.M Typhoon Sanba is in the sea area to the east of the Tonkin Gulf carrying sustained winds of 62-74kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is north covering 10kph.
20-October-2023
05:00 A.M Typhoon Sanba is in the sea area to the northeast of the Tonkin Gulf carrying sustained winds of 62-88kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is north northwest covering 10kph.
07:00 A.M Typhoon Sanba is in the sea area to the northeast of the Tonkin Gulf carrying sustained winds of 62-74kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is northeast covering 10kph.
13:00 Typhoon Sanba, which has weakened to be a tropical depression, is to the northeast of the Tonkin Gulf carrying sustained winds of 50-61kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is west southwest covering 10kph.
In the evening of 20-October the tropical depression has further weakened to be an air trough. 22:00 hours the tropical is in the northwest of the Hainan Island (China) carrying sustained winds of less than 39kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is southwest, and the air trough should be weakening and melting away. This is the last update on Typhoon Sanba.
