The tropical storm Mekkhala is forming at about 8 am on Aug. 10. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau has issued both the sea and land warning at 10:30 am. The central and southern regions of Taiwan started seeing rains by the evening.


A tropical depression over the waters 490 kilometers away from Taiwan's south-southwest point Cape Eluanbi was upgraded to tropical storm Mekkhala by 8 a.m. on Aug. 10 . And it's approaching the median line of the Taiwan Strait at a velocity of 22 km/h. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau issued both the sea and land warning at 10:30 am.

As the tropical storm gradually approaches (Taiwan), southern and southeastern regions of Taiwan will see rains by tonight or tomorrow morning. Central regions, as well as offshore Penghu and Kinmen Islands will see short bursts of storms or thunderstorms as well. Other regions in Taiwan could also see regional rains. Penghu is the first region to receive a land warning.

The Central Weather Bureau said that the effect of the tropical storm will be the most evident by the morning of Tuesday, August 11, and Taiwan's offshore Penghu Island has received a land warning.

The weather bureau also announced the formation of the tropical storm ahead of its counterpart in Japan. Meteorologist Peng Chi-ming said that announcing the formation as soon as its effect is confirmed is the right way to go. He also said that Mekkhala could move west later on and reach China's Fujian province by Tuesday.

(The typhoon) is moving very quickly, and it could be very close to Taiwan by tonight. And by tomorrow morning or noon, it could reach Fujian, China. It's worth noting that the typhoon carries much humidity on the southeast portion, therefore it could bring significant rainfall to the western and southern regions of Taiwan by tomorrow morning.

The weather company believes that the effect of Mekkhala could continue through the second half of Tuesday. However, due to the heavy humidity in the southeastern portion of the typhoon, it could bring heavy rains in the central and southern regions of Taiwan and the unstable weather could continue through Wednesday, August 12.



位在鵝鑾鼻南南西方490公里海面上的熱帶性低氣壓，在上午8點，增強成第6號輕度颱風，時速22公里，北上、朝台灣海峽中線靠近，氣象局上午10點半，同時發布海上、陸」警報。

氣象局預報員 陳伊秀表示：「今天晚上到明天，隨著颱風逐漸靠近，除了南部、東南部的雨勢，會越來越明顯之外，包含澎湖、金門，或是中部局部地區，也會開始陸續出現，短暫性的陣雨或雷雨。至於台灣其他地方，也會有局部性的降雨出現。首先納入陸上警戒區域的地區，就是澎湖，所以要提醒澎湖特別注意。」

氣象局指出，颱風從下午過後，到11號週二上午，對台灣的影響最明顯，而且離島澎湖已被納入陸上警戒範圍。我國氣象局，搶先比日本氣象廳宣布颱風生成，氣象專家彭啟明認為氣象局認為有影響就發布颱風，這是對的做法，他並指出第六號颱風可能朝台灣海峽中線移動後偏西、週二往中國福建登陸。

天氣風險公司總經理 彭啟明表示：「走得很快，今天晚上就很接近了，然後明天清晨或明天上午，就登陸到福建，要留意的是這個颱風，他的東南側比較多水氣。所以會對我們西半部，尤其是南部，可能今天下半天到晚上，還有到明天的清晨，可能都會有些顯著的雨勢。」

天氣風險公司認為，颱風的影響將持續到週二下半天，但颱風中心的東南側，水氣較多，可能對中南部降雨會較明顯，不穩定的天氣型態，可能將影響到12號週三。