The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today said that a land warning for Tropical Storm Podul could be issued around midday tomorrow, after a possible sea warning late tonight or early tomorrow morning.
The storm is to bring heavy wind and rain when it most likely makes landfall in Hualien and Taitung counties on Wednesday, the agency said.
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Eastern Taiwan is to begin feeling Tropical Storm Podul's outer circulation tomorrow evening, with wind and rain intensifying into Wednesday, it said.
The storm is forecast to exit Taiwan by late afternoon or evening, it added.
Extremely heavy rain (official classified as at least 200mm in 24 hours or 100mm in three hours) is expected in Yilan, Hualien and Taitung counties, as well as in mountainous areas in southern Taiwan, it said.
Weather today and tomorrow is to remain dominated by afternoon thunderstorms, with extremely heavy rain possible in greater Taipei and mountainous areas in northern Taiwan, the CWA said.
The center of Tropical Storm Podul was 1,290km east-southeast of Taipei as of 8am today, moving west at 24kph.
It was packing sustained winds of 108kph and gusts up to 137kph, CWA data showed.
The Maritime and Port Bureau today announced that all ferry services between Taitung County and Green Island (綠島) would be canceled from midday tomorrow to Wednesday.
All ferry services between Taitung County and Orchid Island (Lanyu, 蘭嶼), and between Houbihu (後壁湖) in southern Taiwan's Kenting National Park and Orchid Island would be canceled on Wednesday, the bureau said.
Independent meteorologist Wu De-rong (吳德榮) said Podul's track has shifted south, with more than an 80 percent chance its storm circle is to affect Taiwan.
Wu, an adjunct associate professor at National Central University's Department of Atmospheric Sciences, said the storm is likely to maintain peak strength before landfall and weaken only after passing over land.
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