Asia

Weather Underground Forecast for Sunday, July 20, 2008.

Typhoon Kalmaegi has decreased to a tropical storm and will maintain its strength as it passes over eastern China on Saturday. It is expected to pass over the Yellow Sea and reach the Korean Peninsula on Sunday. Although the storm has decreased in strength, it will continue to produce very heavy rain and damaging winds, and cause flooding issues along its path. The storm is expected to decrease to a tropical depression by Monday as it makes it way into the Sea of Japan.

A trough extending over the Sea of Japan will bring some scattered showers to Japan on Sunday. Expect warm and humid conditions over Japan and the Korean Peninsula as the tropical storm brings in moist air and warmer temperatures from the south.

High pressure over the South China Sea will bring warm and moist air into southeastern China on Sunday. Thus, expect scattered showers to persist along the coastal regions from the Gulf of Tongking to Shanghai.

To the west, lower pressure over India will bring wet weather to much of the region on Sunday. Expect hot and humid conditions to extend from Nepal to Vietnam.

In Australia, a low pressure system moves off the southeastern coast but will continue to bring showers to the coastal regions of New South Wales on Sunday. Expect a few of these showers to linger into next week. Meanwhile, the majority of the continent remains mostly clear on Sunday due to a high pressure system hovering over the Great Australian Bight. In the north, expect temperatures to approach the 90s(F)/ 32(C), while the central regions will see highs in the 50s(F)/ 12(C) and the south will see highs in the 40s(F)/ 8(C).