Typhoon Bavi may bring rain next week, CWA says - Taipei Times

Staff writer, with CNA

Typhoon Bavi is forecast to start having a major effect on the weather in Taiwan on Thursday and its outer bands could bring rain and lower temperatures across the country, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday.The storm is still far from Taiwan, and its path is not certain, the CWA said, adding that it did not rule out issuing a sea or land warning.As of 2pm yesterday, the typhoon was about 3,360km east-southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan’s southernmost tip, and was moving west to west-northwest at 13kph.

A weather graphic depicts Typhoon Bavi southeast of Taiwan yesterday.

Photo courtesy of the Central Weather Administration

It was packing maximum sustained winds of up to 191kph near its center, with gusts of up to 234kph.Independent meteorologist Daniel Wu (吳德榮) cited a weather model forecasting that the storm’s effects would be strongest on Friday and Saturday.