A sea warning could be issued for Tropical Storm Talim tomorrow, Tuesday, September 12
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/09/11
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As Severe Tropical Storm Talim continues to rapidly enlarge
Tropical Storm Talim heads toward Taiwan. (Windy.com)
and strengthen, a sea warning could be issued as early as tomorrow (Sept. 12) morning, and a land warning issued on Wednesday, as it barrels its way toward Taiwan, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).
Talim, which is Tagalog for “blade,” is rapidly knifing its way through the pacific as the 18th tropical storm of the season, prompting the CWB to prepare to issue a sea warning as early as tomorrow morning and a land warning on Wednesday. It is expected to have its maximum impact on Taiwan between Wednesday noon and Thursday, according to the CWB.
Tropical Storm Talim was located 18.8 degrees North and 134.8 degrees East, which is about 1,000 kilometers east-southeast of Taiwan’s southernmost tip, Eluanbi, and was moving west-northwest at a speed of 29 kilometers per hour, with maximum wind speeds of 108 kilometers per hour and gusts of 136 kilometers per hour, according to the CWB.
Yesterday, the radius of the storm was 80 kilometers, during the evening it increased to 100 kilometers, and today it has reached 150 kilometers, and is continuing to grow in size as well as strength. Due to the warm water temperatures over which it is traveling and relatively little in the way of vertical wind sheer, which would otherwise starve it a of heat and moisture to grow, it is expected to continue to strengthen, possibly into a typhoon 180 kilometers in diameter.
