Tropical Storm Lionrock
Posting Date: 01 September 2010
Location: West Pacific
Peril: Windstorm
Lionrock has weakened slightly, is turning away from Taiwan and is forecast to make landfall over south east China in approximately 24 hours’ time.
As of 03:00 UTC on Wednesday, 1 September Tropical Storm Lionrock was located near 22.6N 119.5E approximately 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Kaohiung, Taiwan with maximum sustained winds near 52 mph (83 km/hr) – the equivalent of a tropical storm on the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS). Over the previous 6 hours Lionrock has been moving in a north-northeast direction at about 8 mph (13 km/hr) and is expected to track progressively more northwards and north-northwestwards over the next 24 hours. According to the JTWC, on this trajectory, Lionrock will make landfall over the southeast coast of China in around 24 hours’ time somewhere between Shanwei City, Guangdong province, and Xiamen City, Fujian province.
This northwards and north-northwestwards motion should also ensure that Lionrock will not make landfall over southern Taiwan, as was previously a possibility. The Taiwanese Central Weather Bureau have forecast that rainfall accumulations could exceed 5 inches (130 mm) in parts of the central, southern, southeastern and eastern Taiwan.
According to the JTWC forecast, Lionrock will reduce in strength slightly before making landfall as weak tropical storm.
RMS will continue to monitor Lionrock and will update this report on Thursday, 2 September.
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