Central and southern Taiwan are to see increasingly heavy rainfall from last night through Friday due to the effects of a low-pressure system and southwesterly winds, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA).
CWA forecaster Liu Pei-teng (劉沛滕) said Tropical Storm Co-May had weakened into a low-pressure system Saturday, but that it strengthened again into a tropical depression (TD 11) near the seas around the Ryukyu Islands due to favorable environmental conditions.
The tropical depression is expected to persist for two to three days, moving west-northwest by this afternoon and reaching Zhejiang through the East China Sea tomorrow, Liu said.
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There is a small chance it could strengthen into a typhoon, but it will not directly impact Taiwan, he said.
Under the indirect influence of the system, however, unstable weather can be expected around Taiwan, particularly in the south, where southwesterly winds are funneling moisture into the region that will lead to significant rainfall throughout the week, Liu said.
Given those circumstances, the rainfall in central and southern Taiwan was expected to intensify beginning last night, with a risk of brief heavy downpours and localized heavy rain.
From tomorrow to Friday, mountainous areas from Nantou to south of Chiayi may experience extremely heavy rain or more severe rainfall.
The rain is then expected to ease over the weekend as the low-pressure system shifts slightly northward, according to Liu.
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