Level 17 super strong gusts blowing from the north! Yilan 2 places purple explosion super heavy rain

Affected by the approach of moderate typhoon Qiangpi, both Taipei City's Datunshan Station and New Taipei City's San Diaojiao Station experienced astonishing strong gusts of magnitude 17 late yesterday (23rd), far exceeding the strong gusts of magnitude 15 on Keelung Island and Orchid Island. In terms of accumulated rainfall, the accumulated rainfall at two measuring stations in Yilan County exceeded 500 millimeters today, reaching super heavy rainfall level.

According to statistics from various observation stations of the Meteorological Administration, in the gust rankings throughout the day today, super strong gusts of level 17 occurred at the Datunshan Station in Taipei City and the Saniaojiao Station in New Taipei City at 22:17 and 23:10 respectively in the middle of the night.

The strong gusts in other areas are also alarming. Keelung Island, Orchid Island, Taoyuan Valley and Guishan Island in Yilan County, as well as the Taipei City Culture University measurement station all have strong gusts of level 15, showing that Qiangpi brings very amazing wind power to northern Taiwan.

The Meteorological Administration uses the "Beaufort Wind Scale" to classify wind speeds. The Beaufort Wind Scale extends the wind speed scale to 17 levels. New levels exceeding level 12 are usually only applicable to special circumstances, such as typhoons. Wind gusts above level 12 can reach over 32.5 meters, which is extremely dangerous and may cause uprooting of road trees or damage to buildings.

If the wind speed reaches or exceeds 61.2 meters per second, it is classified as level 17. The strong wind is enough to overturn vehicles, blow down telephone poles and destroy tin houses. Outdoor structures, road trees and weak buildings are easy to collapse or damaged, making it extremely dangerous.

In terms of average wind strength, San Diaojiao, New Taipei City, ranked first today, with a strength of level 13; the second place was level 11 at Bitoujiao station in New Taipei City; and the third place was Pengjiayu, Datunshan in Taipei City, Shanhai in Pingtung County, and Aodi in New Taipei City, all with average wind strength of level 10.

In terms of cumulative rainfall, the top three measuring stations for cumulative rainfall on the 23rd are all in Yilan. The first place is Taipingshan Station, with a height of 557 millimeters. The second place is Cuifeng Forest Road, with a height of 511.5 millimeters, both of which exceed the rainfall level of super heavy rains. The third place is Cuifeng Lake Station, which also reaches 496.5 millimeters, which is very close to the rainfall level of super heavy rains.