Taiwan: Super Typhoon Hinnamor Merging With Tropical Depression
(Worthy News) – Super Typhoon Hinnamnor has started to absorb Tropical Depression TD14 which forecasters predict will enable it to increase in intensity and size, likely prompting the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) to issue a sea warning on Friday (Sept. 2) and if it shifts west, a land warning on Saturday (Sept. 3).
As of 2 a.m. today (Sept. 1), Super Typhoon Hinnamnor was about 540 kilometers east-southeast of Taipei, moving south-southwest at a speed of 13 kilometers per hour. It had a radius of 220 km and was packing maximum sustained winds of 190 kph and gusts of up to 234 kph, the CWB reported.
CWB Director-General Cheng Ming-dean today on Facebook said that the merger of a typhoon with a tropical depression is “not a common phenomenon.” Cheng pointed out that once the two systems combine, the intensity of Hinnmanor should increase and its storm radius should expand. [ Source: Taiwan News (Read More…) ]