Typhoon Matmo 2025
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Live tracking map, satellite images and forecasts of Typhoon Matmo 2025 (台風21号) east of Hainan, China. Current wind speed 150km/h. Max 165km/h.
Matmo (Philippine name Paolo) is located 313 km south-southwest of Hong Kong, and has tracked northwestward at 26 km/h (14 knots) over the past 6 hours. Maximum significant wave height is 10.1 meters (33 feet).
Matmo is forecast to track west-northwestward through the forecast period.
Matmo will intensify due to the favorable conditions over the next 12 hours to a peak intensity of 165 km/h (90 knots). After 12 hours, the system will move over the Leizhou Peninsula then inland over southern China with rapid weakening.
The system is expected to dissipate in 2 days. Deterministic and probabilistic model guidance remains in good agreement lending high confidence to the JTWC track forecast.
Reliable intensity guidance supports the JTWC intensity forecast with medium confidence.