On July 29, the PAGASA began monitoring an area of low pressure in the open East Pacific for the possibility of becoming a Tropical Storm. The depression moved to the northwest, then curved to the north before abruptly turning to the west on July 30. Early on July 31, the depression was designated a tropical storm which got the name Tina. On the same day, Tina executed a small cyclonic loop. Then on August 1, while going in a northwesterly direction, Tina strengthened into a typhoon. The next day, the typhoon turned to the north then peaked as a strong typhoon with winds of 140km/h (85mph) 10minute sustained and a minimum barometric pressure of 955hPa (mbar). Tina then weakened the next day due to increasing wind shear soon becoming a tropical storm on August 4. The storm struck the southern part of South Korea on August 5 before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone on August 6. The remnants persisted for 3 days before finally dissipating on August 9 around 240 miles east of Tokyo, Japan.▼