The China Post
Date: September 12, 2016
By: The China Post news staff

Tropical storm Meranti developed into a typhoon on Sunday and is moving directly toward Taiwan, possibly bringing showers this week, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) reported.

As of 2 p.m. Sunday, Meranti was located 1,560 kilometers off Taiwan’s southernmost point of Erluanpi, moving at 26 kilometers per hour in a west-northwest direction.

Meranti was packing maximum sustained winds of 119 kph, with gusts of up to 155 kph.

The storm, which has a radius of 150 kilometers, is expected to continue gaining strength but is not likely to become a super typhoon, according to the CWB.

According to the CWB’s latest forecast, the typhoon will be closest to Taiwan from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/10
By: Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, Sept. 10 (CNA) A new tropical storm has formed in the Philippine Sea and is very likely to affect Taiwan around the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival next week, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said Saturday.

As of 2 p.m., Tropical Storm Meranti was centered 2,110 kilometers east-southeast of Eluanbi, the southernmost tip of Taiwan, and was moving at a speed of 20 km per hour in a west-northwesterly direction, the bureau said.

With a radius of 100 kilometers, the storm was carrying maximum sustained winds of about 64.8 kph, with gusts of up to 90 kph, CWB data showed.

Meranti is forecast to affect Taiwan between Sept. 13 and 15, around the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday that will be celebrated Sept. 15-18 in Taiwan, according to the CWB.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-10
By: Wendy Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

A typhoon is forecast to form northwest of Guam and is expected to affect Taiwan next week, which coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, according to a Central Weather Bureau (CWB) forecast Saturday.

The latest forecast shows the tropical storm continues to strengthen over northwest of Guam, and is likely to form into the 14th typhoon this year, Meranti, on late Saturday at the very soonest.

As it continues to move in a northwest direction, the typhoon is expected to affect weather in Taiwan, and will be closest to the island from Tuesday through Thursday, the bureau said.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/09
By: Chen Wei-ting and Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, Sept. 9 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau issued heavy rain warnings Friday afternoon for fifteen cities and counties due to a strong convective system above Taiwan.

The affected areas include Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Taichung, Nantou, Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Yilan and Hualien, forecasters said.

Among them, the southernmost Taiwan county of Pingtung has been hit with “extremely heavy rain” — defined as 200 mm of rain in a 24-hour period or 100 mm of rain in a three-hour time frame — the bureau said.

In fact, between 2-3 p.m., Majia Township in Pingtung had already topped the country with 92 mm of accumulated rainfall, bureau data showed.

Lightning, gusty winds, as well as flooding and mudslides in mountainous areas are likely, the bureau warned.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/06
By: Chen Wei-ting and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Sept. 6 (CNA) Taitung County and regions south of Chiayi are expected to experience prolonged

rainfall Tuesday, with heavy downpours likely in certain areas, due to strengthened southwesterly winds and a moist low-pressure system moving north from the Bashi Channel, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said.

In northern Taiwan, brief periods of heavy rain may also occur, the bureau said.

It predicted that the weather will remain rainy during the remainder of the week, given that a cloud system from Southern China will approach Taiwan after the low-pressure system moves south Thursday.

Also Tuesday, a tropical depression located south of Japan’s Okinawa strengthened to become a tropical storm, named Malou, at 8 a.m., according to the CWB.

Malou is forecast to continue to move northeast toward Japan and is not expected to affect Taiwan, the bureau said.     [SOURCE]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/04
By: Lin Hsin-meng and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Sept. 4 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau issued a heavy rain advisory late Sunday for six

cities and counties in the northern and eastern parts of Taiwan.

The advisory covered New Taipei, Taipei, Keelung City, Yilan and Hualien counties, as well as Lanyu (Orchid Island) and Ludao (Green Island) off Taitung County.

Under the influence of an active cloud system, those places are likely to be hit by downpouring rains, the weather bureau said, reminding people there of precipitations, thunder-and-lightning and gust winds through Monday.      [SOURCE]

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-08-28
By: Wendy Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Under the influence of northeasterly winds and rain system brought by Typhoon Lionrock, cooler temperatures and heavy rains are expected across Taiwan, with northern part of the island being affected the most, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said Sunday.

Cooler temperatures and heavy rains are on the way for Taiwan from late Sunday into early Tuesday, as the effects of northeasterly winds and rain system brought by Typhoon Lionrock show early signs of autumn this year.

Temperatures in northern Taiwan are expected to drop to 25-26 degrees, according to the latest forecast. The CWB has issued a heavy rain warning for 10 cities and counties in central and northern Taiwan on Sunday, including Keelung, New Taipei, Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Taichung, Nantou, and Yilan.

Meanwhile, the 10th tropical storm of this year, Lionrock, is moving northeast towards eastern side of Japan and poised to make landfall in the Northeast Asian nation early in the new week.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-08-23
By: Wendy Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

The 10th tropical storm of this year, Lionrock, though will not hit Taiwan directly, is expected to bring rain to northern Taiwan over the weekend, according to Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

Keelung, Yilan, and Hualien would experience increased cloudiness with chances of localized rains, the bureau said.

Under the influence of the peripheral cloud system, eastern and southern Taiwan could also see brief showers.

Three tropical storms had formed over the western Pacific Ocean since last Thursday. The movement of Lionrock is expected to reach Japan’s Ryukyu Islands by Wednesday, and will not hit Taiwan directly, according to the latest forecast.

However, the bureau noted that it will continue to observe Lionrock’s movement over the next few days, as it does not exclude the possibility of the storm approaching the island.     [FULL  STORY]