 This interaction served to shift Saomai's track slightly to the south and provided the system with in influx of moisture via southwesterly monsoonal flow on the backside of Bopha.Late on August 9, Saomai reached its peak intensity as it moved just north of Miyakojima.The JMA estimated it to have attained winds of and a central pressure of 925 mbar (hPa; 27.32 inHg).