on Sunday and next Monday, according to Central Weather Bureau (CWB). A CWB forecaster said that a tropical depression, centered about 1,250 kilometers east of the Oluanpi, the southern tip of the island, at 9:00 a.m. yesterday, is boasting an increasingly complete structure for a tropical storm.
The forecaster said that the tropical depression is very likely to strengthen into a typhoon, adding that the CWB will closely watch the development of the system.
Hsin Chiang-lin, chief of the CWB, said yesterday that his bureau will keep updating the forecasts on winds and rainfall whenever major changes appear in order to best predict if and when the typhoon will hit the island.
In the past, the CWB only released four forecasts on winds and rainfall a day, at 5:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. But that practice has proven inadequate, as the CWB failed to issue accurate forecasts in a timely manner on the heavy rains in central and southern Taiwan, caused by the Tropical Storm Kalmaegi on July 18.
CWB came under fire from various sectors, as the torrential rains led to the deaths of around 20 people in central and southern Taiwan.
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