Weather in Okinawa on July 27th
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Today in Okinawa, the weather was completely unrelated to Typhoon Krosa, the ninth typhoon. Due to the indirect effects of the seventh and eighth typhoons, there was a lot of rain in the morning, enough to trigger disaster alerts. However, the rain has now completely stopped. More rain is expected tomorrow, but I’ll check it out and update you in the report. Anyway, today was a rather warm day with a high of 31°C and a low of 27°C.
Even though we were quite far from the typhoon’s influence, the two very weak typhoons combined were still too weak to cause much wind.
Yesterday’s Okinawa Sunset
Yesterday, I uploaded the Okinawa weather report before sunset, so I couldn’t include this photo. The sunset was incredibly red and beautiful, so I took a separate shot, and I’m updating it today. Since living in Okinawa, this is the first time I’ve witnessed such a vividly burning sunset.
It would have been nice to watch the sunset by the sea at times like this, but it’s a bit disappointing in many ways.
Okinawa Weather Video
Today, I briefly filmed the weather in Okinawa.
Early in the morning, it rained heavily as if the sky had burst open. By the afternoon, the rain had lessened, and later in the afternoon, the sun gradually started to appear. Despite it being a Sunday afternoon, there were quite a lot of tourists on Kokusai Street.
A Morning Without the Impact of Krosa
Although there has been a lot of rain, it has nothing to do with Typhoon Krosa. Currently, Krosa is a large typhoon moving north in the eastern sea, far from Okinawa, so it is not related at all. At the moment, it’s not Okinawa you should be concerned about, but rather those travelling to mainland Japan who might need to be a bit more cautious.
And then, an emergency disaster message arrived.
It seems that due to heavy rain, there was a landslide near the old naval headquarters hill in the southern part of Naha. It was a situation where immediate evacuation was necessary. Of course, it wasn’t the whole of Naha city, just this small area. The area mentioned in the message is not typically a place tourists visit.
As soon as I received the emergency alert, I was curious to see if it was raining heavily, so I went outside immediately… but the rain was much lighter than it had been in the morning. Another failed attempt today. I wanted to capture images of umbrellas being blown inside out by the wind and water overflowing on the ground, but this is the limit of my journalism skills.
And as for the water level of the Miebashi River… they are not intentionally releasing water. This means that after some rain tomorrow… it is unlikely to rain heavily for a while. It’s the true beginning of summer.
There wasn’t as much rain as I imagined… so I just bought some zenzai and enjoyed it. Zenzai is delicious no matter when you eat it.
Evening in Naha
It’s around five in the afternoon on Kokusai Street. There are quite a lot of tourists for a Sunday afternoon. In fact, the heavy rain is expected to end today or tomorrow, and the weather is forecasted to be mostly good afterwards. Also, it’s peak season in Japan. Rental cars… the current rental rate is about 90%, so the prices have gone up significantly.
I’ve found another low-cost parking lot on Kokusai Street. So, I’ve updated the post. If it were a Naver blog, I would never have updated it, but I take great care to maintain and manage Cultravel in various ways.
We also finish our dinner with zenzai. You can find Fujiya zenzai in supermarkets, but it’s quite pricey and not as tasty as expected. It’s truly delicious when you have it at Fujiya.
- Related post: Zenzai Restaurant Fujiya
It’s evening at Tomari Port. Perhaps because the blue alert has been lifted, there’s only one ship docked as usual. After a week of chaotic typhoon conditions, everything seems to be returning to normal.
This is the view of Route 58 as I head home. Typically, on a Sunday evening, this area should be bustling with traffic and quite chaotic, but today there aren’t many cars. Yesterday, American Village was almost deserted, and it seems like there aren’t many tourists this week. The ones on Kokusai Street are probably those who just arrived today.
Okinawa Weather Forecast
Weather forecast for the 5th week of July and the 2nd week of August.
There is some rain expected tomorrow, with precipitation starting at 3 PM, amounting to about 6.6mm over 6 hours at a rate of 1mm per hour. Simply put, it’s the kind of rain that’s hardly worth worrying about, more like a drizzle than actual rain. [Source: AccuWeather]
Typhoon Krosa, the 9th typhoon, has no connection with Okinawa. There are no indirect effects either, so those visiting Okinawa need not worry at all. It is expected that the weather will be good until the first week of August. Of course, I will keep you updated daily. [Source: Weathernews Japan]
That’s all for today’s weather update. I’ll wrap it up here and will be back with more Okinawa weather news tomorrow. Matayasai 👋
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