Typhoon Dolphin has moved away from Taiwan and the Central Weather Administration (CWA) has lifted its sea warning for the storm, but southwesterly winds are still forecast to bring heavy rain to central and southern Taiwan in the coming days.
The CWA lifted its sea warning at 11:30pm yesterday after Typhoon Dolphin weakened into a tropical storm and landed in China's Zhejiang Province.
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
With the storm no longer directly affecting the nation, southwesterly winds and a broad low-pressure system began to dominate Taiwan's weather and would continue to do so over the next week, CWA forecaster Chu Mei-lin (朱美霖) said.
The seasonal winds and low-pressure system are to bring intermittent showers and thunderstorms to central and southern Taiwan and afternoon thunderstorms elsewhere throughout the week, Chu said.
The CWA warned of short-duration heavy rain, lightning, strong wind gusts and rapidly rising stream levels.
Sustained winds of 41kph to 51kph (6 on the Beaufort scale) and gusts of 63kph to 75kph (8 on the Beaufort scale) are forecast today for areas from Chiayi north to Keelung's north coast, as well as the Hengchun Peninsula (恆春半島) in the south, Chu said.
Eastern Taiwan, on the leeward side of the Central Mountain Range, is expected to experience hot weather, she said.
Independent meteorologist Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) said that the unstable weather is likely to persist through Wednesday next week, although the southwesterly winds are expected to weaken after Wednesday.
Meanwhile, three tropical storms and one tropical depression were active over the northwestern Pacific.
Dolphin was continuing to weaken over Zhejiang, while Tropical Storm Chan-hom, the season's 15th named storm, is forecast to approach Japan's main island of Honshu tomorrow and on Wednesday, Wu said.
Tropical Storm Peilou, the 16th storm of the season, is expected to track northeast over the ocean and pose no threat to land, he said.
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