Tropical Storm Ampil

Severe Tropical Storm Ampil, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Inday, was a tropical cyclone that caused moderate damage in the Ryukyu Islands and East China in late July 2018. The tenth named storm of the annual typhoon season, Ampil developed into a tropical depression east of Luzon on July 17. The storm gradually strengthened in the following days, and achieved its peak intensity late on July 19. Maintaining peak strength, Ampil passed through the Okinawa Island late on July 20. After that, Ampil began to slowly weaken, as environmental conditions became less favourable. Ampil made landfall in Shanghai on July 22, before becoming extratropical two days later.

Severe Tropical Storm Ampil (Inday)
Severe tropical storm (JMA scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Severe Tropical Storm Ampil approaching the Ryukyu Islands on July 20
FormedJuly 17, 2018
DissipatedJuly 26, 2018
(Extratropical after July 25)
Highest winds10-minute sustained: 95 km/h (60 mph)
1-minute sustained: 100 km/h (65 mph)
Lowest pressure985 hPa (mbar); 29.09 inHg
Fatalities1 total
Damage$241 million (2018 USD)
Areas affectedRyukyu Islands, China, Russian Far East
Part of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season

Meteorological history
Map plotting the track and the intensity of the storm, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

On July 17, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) began to monitor a tropical depression over the Philippine Sea. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) designated it as 12W later that day. The depression initially moved westwards,[1] and turned to east-northeast on the next day, carried by monsoon westerlies. The system gradually organised under low wind shear, warm sea surface temperature of 29–30 °C (84–86 °F), and good equatorward outflow.[2] On the same day, the JMA said that the system has strengthened to a tropical storm, and received the international name Ampil.[3] The JTWC followed suit later.[4] At that time, Ampil had an asymmetrical structure. Its deep convection and the banding features were located south of the center,[5] and the low-level circulation center (LLCC) was partially exposed.[6] Late on July 19, Ampil began to turn northward,[7] and then northwestward, under the influence of a subtropical ridge to the south. The storm also slightly strengthened under marginally favourable environment. The LLCC was wrapped by curved convection.[8] Because of this, the JMA upgraded it to a severe tropical storm, and Ampil simultaneously achieved its peak intensity, with maximum sustained winds of 95 km/h (60 mph) and a minimum barometric pressure of 985 hPa (29.09 inHg).[9] Late on July 20, Ampil passed directly over the Okinawa Island, near Nago, while maintaining its peak strength.[10]

After passing Okinawa Island, Ampil began to slowly weaken, due to limited ocean heat content, while continued to move northwestward.[11] Its LLCC became partially exposed again,[12] and most of the convection were located at the northern part of Ampil.[13] The JMA reported that Ampil had weakened to a tropical storm early on July 22.[14] At 12:30 p.m. CST (04:30 UTC), Ampil made landfall in Chongming Island, Shanghai.[15] Upon doing so, Ampil became the eleventh tropical cyclone that made landfall in Shanghai, and the third tropical cyclone that directly struck Shanghai, without making landfall in other places.[16] Despite moving inland, Ampil's weakening trend remained slow. The JMA downgraded Ampil to a tropical depression on the next day,[14] and the JTWC issued the final advisory to Ampil later that day.[17] However, the JMA continued to track the system, and Ampil turned to northeast on July 24. The depression transited into an extratropical cyclone early on July 25, while located over Northeast China. The extratropical remnants of Ampil ultimately dissipated on July 26, over Primorsky Krai.[14]

Preparations and impact
Conditions in Suzhou ahead of Ampil on July 22

Ryukyu Islands

On July 20, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a storm warning (Japanese: 暴風警報) to Okinawa Island.[18] The warning was cancelled on the next day, after Ampil passed through the island.[19] Kitadaitōjima recorded wind gusts of 113 km/h (70 mph).[20] A total of 106 fights and 112 ships were cancelled on July 20–21, which affected almost 15,000 people.[21] 29 people were evacuated in Okinawa Prefecture.[22]

China

In advance of Ampil, more than 190,000 people in Shanghai were evacuated.[23] Wind speed in Jigu Jiao (Chinese: 鸡骨礁) reached 33.1 m/s (119 km/h), while rainfall in Hengsha Island were amounted to 112.8 mm (4.44 in).[24] As Ampil kept tracking northeastward, it affected Jiangsu and Shandong. Rainfall in Yancheng and Ju County reached 195 mm (7.7 in) and 211.6 mm (8.33 in) respectively.[25][26] Throughout the country, Ampil killed a person and the damage were amounted to be ¥1.63 billion (US$241 million).[27]

See also

References
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