The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued an extremely heavy rain advisory for Orchid Island (Lanyu, 蘭嶼) and a heavy rain alert for parts of central and southern Taiwan.
The rain alerts, posted at 7:25am, are to be in effect through late in the afternoon, the agency said.
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The CWA said Taiwan would be prone to intense short-duration rainfall today due to the influence of a stationary front.
Orchid Island could experience localized heavy rain or extremely heavy rain, while some areas in central and southern Taiwan, as well as the Taitung area (including Green Island, 綠島), could see localized heavy rain, the CWA said.
The rain alert covered Taichung, Changhua County, Nantou County, and Yunlin County in central Taiwan and Chiayi City, Chiayi County, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingtung County, including the Hengchun Peninsula, and Taitung County in the south, the CWA Web site showed.
The agency urged people in those areas to be aware of possible lightning and strong gusts, as well as possible landslides and falling rocks in mountainous areas and flooding in low-lying areas.
Under the CWA's definition, heavy rain signals 24-hour accumulated rainfall of more than 80mm or one-hour rainfall exceeding 40mm.
Extremely heavy rain indicates 24-hour accumulated rainfall of more than 200mm, or three-hour accumulated rainfall exceeding 100mm.
As of 10am, the largest amounts of rainfall around Taiwan recorded during the morning hours were in Orchid Island (120mm) and at the Kending Meteorological Radar Observatory (105mm) on the Hengchun Peninsula.
For temperatures today, northeasterly winds on the northern side of a lingering frontal system are to hold daytime highs in the north to about 24°C to 25°C, while other regions are to see highs of about 27°C to 28°C.
Lows are to be about 21°C in northern Taiwan, and 24°C to 26°C elsewhere, the CWA said.
Independent meteorologist Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) said temperatures across Taiwan are expected to rise day by day starting on Friday as the frontal system weakens and moves eastward.
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