Today, a typhoon occured in Malaysia, proceeding north toward Korea. In 4 days, it is expected to reach Okinawa. Apparently, it will not pour significant amount of rain on the peninsula this week, with this speed.
I will discuss about indirect effect of this storm during the race session. It is good to be informed that the typhoon will not reach to the spot, but it does not mean that we can do as usual.
During the session, local weather forecast is provided, as you may have seen on the television. This pitwall warning system is basically based on the measurements. Korea is in the eastern cost of the continent, so in the Westerlies area. Basically, winds blows from the west, and every clouds and meteorology flows from the west to the east. "Shower in 10min" alert comes from the actual cloud 10 minutes away to the west from the area.
However, any storm in the northern hemisphere spins counterclockwise. It means, as this typhoon is in the south from the spot, the wind from the typhoon may blows westward, which is opposite to the tendency. This can make weather flow unexpectable and even make small storm.
The result is: no local weather forecast, no expectation of wind direction so downforce may be affected. Of course, we do not know how big it will be so it may not affect so much, except it will just hit the spot after the race.
Typhoon may affect directly from next Tuesday. I know that most teams will pack up on the race day and leave to Seoul. However, it could be affected if the storm speeds up.
I hope that there be no disaster, but storm effect could give more fun. So, it is sad that the hit is in the next week.
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