Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/08/24
By: Chen Wei-ting and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Aug. 24 (CNA) A tropical depression which formed north of Guam could strengthen into
From the Central Weather Bureau website
Tropical Storm Namtheun within the next two days, a meteorologist said Wednesday.
If Namtheun develops into a tropical storm, there will be two tropical storms in the northwestern Pacific Ocean following Tropical Storm Lionrock which formed on Aug. 19, according to Wu Der-rong (吳德榮), a meteorologist and adjunct associate professor of atmospheric sciences at National Central University.
Wu said that while no tropical storms had cropped up in the northwestern Pacific Ocean in the first half of this year, there have been 11 tropical storms in the area so far in the second half, two more than the average of 9 during the past few Pacific typhoon seasons.
Although the tropical depression is expected to move in a north-northeasterly direction and approach Tropical Storm Lionrock, there have been no obvious signs that the two could affect each other and create a Fujiwhara Effect, according to Wu. [FULL STORY]
