AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring Typhoon Faxai in the West Pacific which may ultimately impact portions of Japan late this weekend into early next week.
Faxai is expected to continue to strengthen as it moves to the northwest into the weekend.
The tropical cyclone strengthened from a severe tropical storm into a typhoon early Saturday morning with winds equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific basins are anticipated.
"This will remain a compact storm during its lifespan," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Houk. "The fact that it will be a compact storm and will continue to move along at a good pace will limit the overall damage and flood threat across Japan Sunday through Monday."
Even though the storm is expected to be small, the threat should not be taken lightly in Japan.
Especially near the coast of Honshu, including Tokyo, residents should be making final preparations ahead of the storm. The rain and wind will be a threat to life and property, even though it will impact a relatively small area, according to Houk.
According to the Guardian, organizers of the Rugby World Cup are monitoring the cyclone and how it could impact or possibly cancel games set to take place in Tokyo over the weekend.
This same time last year, a typhoon struck Kobe and Osaka, two cities that were hosting some rugby games of the World Cup.
Landfall is anticipated in southeastern Honshu either Saturday night or Sunday morning, local time. Currently, the eye of the storm, and the most likely location for the highest wind gusts, looks to remain west of Tokyo.
However, with the northern and eastern sides of the storm packed with the strongest winds, damaging gusts could still reach the city.
Widespread wind gusts are expected to range from 80-110 km/h (50-70 mph), with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 135 km/h (~84 mph) that will be most likely near landfall.
Coastal regions of Kanto and Chubu, especially east of the landfall point, will also be very susceptible to storm surge from Faxai.
The more far-reaching effect from Faxai will be the heavy tropical rainfall which will extend as far west as Osaka's eastern suburbs to east Hokkaido.
Rainfall amounts of 75-150 mm (3-6 inches) are expected near where the center of the storm comes ashore, with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 250 mm (10 inches).
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As this storm approaches Japan, Lingling will not be too far off to the north and west, bringing damaging winds and flooding rain to the Korean Peninsula and extreme northeastern China over the weekend.
Even after the storm passes, the pattern looks to remain fairly unsettled across Japan through much of next week, with a few rounds of rain moving through the country.
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