Melor was a C2 tropical cyclone that formed in the East China Sea in 2009. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 204 km/h (110 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 910 hPa. Tracking across the East China Seain the Western Pacific basin (, it potentially affected Japan, Korea, Taiwan and eastern China. The storm traveled from approximately 7.3°130.6° to 42.7°163.8°, crossing a range of 35 latitude and 33 longitude.