Weather Forecast for the Asia-Pacific region

The remnants of Tropical Storm Haikui will continue spinning over southeastern China on Friday. Counter-clockwise flow around the system will pull more moisture onshore from the East China Sea, producing more showers and thunderstorms across the region. Expect Shanghai to see more rain showers with a chance of thunderstorms and highs near 30 degrees Celsius. This system will also push moisture eastward into the Korean Peninsula, producing widespread showers and thunderstorms throughout the day. Beijing will be just north of this system under partly cloudy skies with highs near 32 C.

To the east, Tropical Storm Kirogi will lose strength as it moves northward through the North Pacific Ocean and toward the Kuril Islands. The system will reduce to tropical depression strength by Friday, but will bring heavy rains and strong winds to far northern Japan and the Kuril Islands throughout the day. Tokyo will see decreasing clouds and dry conditions with highs in the low 30s C.

A strong low pressure system spinning just offshore of eastern Australia will maintain coastal showers across New South Wales and Queensland. Expect Sydney to see scattered showers and cooler conditions with highs in the mid-teens C. High pressure over the rest of the country will produce another hot and dry day.

Generally fair weather forecast for Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — The country is forecast to have generally fair weather on Sunday but people are warned to expect possible scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.

The main island of Luzon, including the capital, will experience partly cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms, said weather observer Ben Oris of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

“We will have a fair weather in Luzon,’’ Oris said by phone.

Some parts of Visayas will be partly cloudy with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms, while the rest will be mostly cloudy with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Mindanao, on the other hand, will be partly cloudy to at times cloudy, with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.

A shallow low pressure area spotted 180 kilometers east of Mindanao dissipated at noon Saturday. Another low pressure area was spotted east of Bicol, but it was still outside the Philippine area of responsibility, forecasters said.

An average of 20 cyclones cross the archipelago every year. So far, three cyclones have entered the Philippine area of responsibility this year, the last being Tropical Storm Carina, which entered the northwestern section Wednesday night but stayed only briefly. It induced monsoon rain over the western section of Northern Luzon.

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