Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau announced this afternoon that a mild typhoon, “Maliksi,” has formed at 2 p.m. and is expected to move towards Guangdong. The bureau predicts that Maliksi will not have a direct impact on Taiwan, but its residual moisture will merge with a frontal system, bringing heavy rainfall around Sunday.
According to the Central Weather Bureau, Maliksi, the second mild typhoon of the year with the international name “MALIKSI,” had its center positioned at 20.0 degrees north latitude and 112.0 degrees east longitude at 2 p.m., moving at a speed of 16 kilometers per hour in a north-northwesterly direction. The central pressure is 998 hPa, with a maximum wind speed near the center of 18 meters per second and maximum gusts of 25 meters per second. The radius of strong winds of level 7 averages 100 kilometers from the center (80 kilometers on the northwest side, 80 kilometers on the northeast side, 120 kilometers on the southwest side, and 120 kilometers on the southeast side).
The Taiwan Meteorological Bureau’s analysis indicates that Maliksi will not directly impact Taiwan and is expected to land in Guangdong in the early hours of June 1, with its intensity weakening. However, its leftover moisture will merge with a frontal system, bringing more intense rainfall to Taiwan around the holiday period.
The Taiwan Meteorological Bureau posted on Facebook that the second typhoon, Maliksi, formed at 2 p.m. today and as it moves northward, it is expected that its structure will be disrupted after landing in China, weakening to a “tropical depression” on June 1 and 2. Nevertheless, its residual moisture will join the frontal system and move towards Taiwan, causing unstable weather around Sunday, so friends planning activities should pay attention to the latest forecast information.