Typhoon Qiangpit is coming with force! The Central Meteorological Administration predicts that Typhoon Qiangbi continues to intensify and has a chance of slowly weakening into central Taiwan as it approaches Taiwan. However, the storm circle is still expanding. Judging from the current path, it may turn northward after Thursday, but the northward turn angle is still uncertain. The coast guard will be issued as early as late tomorrow night. If the movement path is closer to Taiwan, it is not ruled out that a land warning will be issued on Thursday night. In any case, there will be heavy rain in northern Taiwan on Friday and Saturday.
Zhao Hong, a forecaster from the Meteorological Administration, said that the strong typhoon "Qiangpi" is currently about 1,680 kilometers away from Taiwan. The environmental conditions are good today (20th) and tomorrow. The typhoon still has a chance to intensify. However, as it approaches Taiwan, the environmental conditions will worsen and there is a chance that it will slowly weaken. However, the storm circle will still tend to expand, and the impact on Taiwan may be more obvious than imagined.
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Zhao Hong said that Qiangpi will move along the south side of the Pacific high pressure in a northwest-west direction before Thursday. After Thursday, it will slowly turn northward, but it may turn eastward or westward, and the northward turning angle is still uncertain. A coast guard will be issued from late tomorrow night to the first half of Thursday at the earliest. If the movement path is closer to Taiwan, it is not ruled out that a land warning will be issued on Thursday night. In any case, the easterly and westward will bring significant rainfall to Taiwan. The impact will be most obvious on Friday, and the typhoon will gradually move northward and away on Saturday.
Zhao Hong pointed out that the weather in various places today is sunny and stable, and the environment is dry. Only the northeast, southeast, and Hengchun Peninsula have sporadic rainfall. Tomorrow the northeast monsoon will gradually strengthen, and the chance of rainfall in the northern and eastern half will increase. There will be sporadic short showers in the southern mountainous areas in the afternoon. On Thursday, the northeast monsoon and typhoon will gradually approach, and the rainfall in northern Taiwan will be more obvious. Watch out for local heavy rains in the mountainous areas of Taipei and Yilan, and the rainfall range in the eastern half will also expand southward. In the southern mountainous areas, watch out for sporadic showers in the afternoon.
Zhao Hong said that Friday is when the typhoon is closest to Taiwan, and it is easy for the whole Taiwan to rain. Pay attention to local heavy rain or torrential rain in the north, Yilan, and North Hualien. Especially in mountainous areas, due to the topography, the rainfall will be more obvious than on the flat land. On Saturday, the typhoon will slowly move away from the north. , but there will still be local heavy rain or torrential rain in the northern region, it will turn to local rain in the eastern half and central mountainous area, and it will turn to cloudy weather in other areas; next Sunday and Monday, there will be another wave of cool air from the north moving south, and there will be local rainfall in the north and eastern half of Taoyuan on the windward side.
As for the temperature, Zhao Hong said that it will be hot in various places today, with temperatures ranging from 31 to 34 degrees during the day, and high temperatures above 36 degrees in some areas. The northeast monsoon will strengthen slightly tomorrow, and the temperature in the north will drop slightly to about 28 degrees, while the central and southern parts will still be hot. On Thursday, the temperature in northern Taiwan will be low throughout the day, with temperatures around 23 degrees Celsius throughout the day. to 25 degrees, while other areas are around 30 degrees during the day and 23 degrees in the morning and evening. Affected by typhoons on Friday and Saturday, there is more moisture, and the temperature difference between day and night is not big in various places. The daytime temperature in various places is generally below 28 degrees. Next Sunday and Monday, the moisture will decrease, and the day and night changes will gradually become obvious, with some areas rising to 30 to 32 degrees during the day.
Zhao Hong reminded that the accompanying effect of the typhoon and the northeast monsoon should occur in the outer sea, but even if there is no accompanying effect, the northeasterly wind will move south and the typhoon will be closer to Taiwan, and the wind near Taiwan will become stronger. You should pay attention to it from the second half of tomorrow. In addition, there is a chance of long waves on the eastern half of the coast and the Hengchun Peninsula from today, the north coast of Keelung and Matsu from tomorrow, and the central coast from Saturday. Please pay attention.
