on january 17, the philippine atmospheric, geophysical and astronomical services administration (pagasa) reported that they were expecting between 20 and 22 tropical cyclones to pass through the philippine area of responsibility during 2011. on march 23 the hong kong observatory (hko), reported that they had predicted that 6-9 tropical cyclones would affect hong kong during the season. on april 26, the thai meteorological department predicted that 2 tropical storms would affect thailand during 2011. they predicted that 1 would move through vietnam and affect upper thailand, during august or september. while the second tropical storm was expected to move through southern thailand during october or november. on june 30, taiwan's central weather bureau predicted that the 2011 season would be near its normal climatic average of 25.7, and predicted that 22-26 tropical storms, would occur over the western pacific during 2011, with 3 to 5 of them affecting taiwan.