Residents in northern and eastern Taiwan can expect heavy downpours Saturday night into Sunday, as Tropical Storm Nesat moves closer to Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) has warned.

Update at 12:20 p.m. Oct. 16
Rainfall that will be even heavier than what has been seen in the past couple of days is predicted between Sunday and Monday for most parts of Taiwan as Tropical Storm #Nesat continues to strengthen, the Central Weather Bureau said on Sunday.
Saturday
As of 8 p.m. Saturday, Nesat was located 410 kilometers southeast of Taiwan, moving in a west-northwesterly direction at 15 kilometers per hour, according to the CWB.

The storm has a radius of 120 km and is carrying maximum sustained winds of 72 kph with gusts of up to 101 kph, the CWB said.

While the storm is not expected to directly hit Taiwan, its periphery will bring torrential to extremely torrential rain to mountainous areas of Taipei from Saturday night into Sunday, the CWB said, advising residents to stay alert.

Other parts of Taipei, including low-lying areas, as well as Keelung, New Taipei, Taichung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu County, Yilan County and Hualien County can expect heavy to extremely heavy rain during that period, the CWB said.

Under the CWB’s advisory system, an extremely torrential rain advisory means accumulated rainfall of more than 500 mm over a 24-hour period, while torrential rain refers to accumulated rainfall exceeding 350 mm within 24 hours or three-hour accumulated rainfall exceeding 200 mm.
Extremely heavy rain refers to accumulated rainfall of 200 mm or more within 24 hours.

A heavy rain warning is issued if more than 80 mm of rainfall is expected over a 24-hour period or more that 40 mm is expected in one hour.

On Saturday afternoon, the CWB issued a sea warning for Nesat, and forecaster Hsieh Pei-yun (謝佩芸) said the tropical storm is expected to increase in size and strength.

Nesat is expected to move closest to Taiwan on Sunday morning, when it is forecast to enter the Bashi Channel before heading into the South China Sea in a west-southwesterly direction, Hsieh said.

The tropical storm is forecast to bring strong winds as it moves away from Taiwan, with gusts of 102-117 kph in the coastal areas, from Monday into Tuesday, Hsieh said.

Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel