By MOOK Scenic Spots Family, compiled and reported
Typhoon Gaemi movement status. (Image / Central Weather Administration)
Typhoon Gaemi, a mild typhoon (international name: GAEMI), has a central pressure of 994 hPa. At 8:00 a.m. on the 16th, its center was located at 26.5°N, 127°E, which is 90 kilometers northwest of the Ryukyu Islands (590 kilometers northeast of Taipei), moving northeast at a speed of 26 kilometers per hour. The maximum wind speed near the center is 20 meters per second (approximately 72 kilometers per hour), equivalent to force 8 winds.
Taiwan’s weather overview on June 17. (Image / Central Weather Administration)
On the 16th, the CWA still issued a heavy rain special warning for five counties and cities in southern Taiwan (Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, and Taitung).
On June 17, the CWA issued a heavy rain special warning, with Hengcun in Pingtung reaching torrential rain alert levels—special caution is required. (Image / Central Weather Administration)
On the 18th (Dragon Boat Festival), the frontal system moves northward, bringing moisture north, with a chance of thundershowers in the north. Temperatures across Taiwan will be around 25–30°C.
The CWA also reminds that there is currently a low-pressure system with a pressure of 1002 hPa located at 19°N, 115°E over the sea near the Zhongsha and Xisha Islands, with the center nearly stationary. Whether it will develop into a typhoon in the future is also worth monitoring.