1717_GUCHOL

TS Guchol

A LPA in the pacific east of the Philippines was upgraded into a Tropical Depression by JMA on September 3 and was moving westward. It then shifted its track the next day and headed west-northwest while gaining strength. It developed into Tropical Storm Guchol with maximum sustained wind of 35kts near the center on September 6. It moved north but immediately weakened then dissolved in the sea west of Taiwan.