In the early morning of December 16, Typhoon Rey No. 22, located in the ocean east of the Philippines, further developed, the central wind eye quickly opened, and the strong core convective area surrounded the wind eye, all indications showed that Typhoon Rey was extremely strong, the Central Meteorological Observatory announced this morning that it had developed into a super typhoon of 17 magnitude, and the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center believed that its near-center wind strength was as high as 17 or higher (140 knots, about 72 m/s).
By the afternoon of December 16, although the eye of Typhoon Rey on the high-definition satellite cloud map began to become somewhat blurred, its eye had begun to move into the Philippine Archipelago, and the storm in many parts of the Philippines had just begun. Due to the devastating power of Typhoon Rey, the central Philippine islands could be severely impacted by a super typhoon.
Judging from the satellite animation, after today's sunrise, Typhoon Rey east of the Philippine Islands rotated at high speed and traveled rapidly westward, quickly moving into the Philippine Islands. This is actually a very strong subtropical high pressure blocking the north side of Typhoon Rey, and the subtropical high pressure guides the super typhoon Rey on the south side to travel westward rapidly.
Under the continuous guidance of subtropical high pressure, after Typhoon Rey swept westward through the Philippine Islands, the forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory believes that Rey will continue to travel westward through the Philippine Islands into the south-central Sea of the South China Sea, and after Typhoon Rey enters the South China Sea, it is also predicted that it may be a super typhoon of 16-17 magnitude!
Although there are many super typhoons in the South China Sea, it is quite rare to have super typhoons in mid-December, so Sansha has issued blue, yellow and orange typhoon warning signals for the Western, Central and Nansha Islands. After the super typhoon Rey continues to approach, the typhoon warning will continue to escalate.
In the path prediction of the Central Meteorological Observatory above, it is also pointed out that after December 19, Typhoon Rey has a trend of turning from westbound to northbound in the South China Sea, and may approach the south China coast in the later stage. Although it is uncertain whether it will land in China, even if it is close, Typhoon Rey will have plenty of water vapor to land on the south Coast of China, forming a large amount of rainfall in the southern part of China. The forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory believes that from December 20, with the northward approach of Typhoon Rey, many places in the south of China will have to rain real typhoons and rains, and some areas may also reach the level of heavy rain. For places such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, which have recently been particularly dry, this is actually still good rain.