I could also be just talking out of my hat. That wind was pretty weird - i'd love to talk to an expert and find out what relation if any it had to the typhoon. Was it air being sucked in or was it something completely unrelated, or even a combination? But that poleward outflow was pretty much absent this time and it is considered a key condition for typhoon development and can in itself be destructive: eg, typ Megi, which swept two buses over the edge of cliffs on the Su Hwa Highway while the typ was well south of Taiwan.

This is only the second year that i have even been aware of the position of the ITCZ so will be interested to see if it sets up in the same place throughout the season. Seems fairly similar so far?